Old stores, new arrivals slug it out in Ginza shopping area

Old stores, new arrivals slug it out in Ginza shopping area

TOKYO, Japan - The 21-story Yurakucho ITOCiA shopping-office complex, under construction in front of JR Yurakucho Station, will open Oct. 12. Marui Co.'s Ginza outlet will be located on the first to eighth floors.

Shopping with Bitcoin

Shopping with Bitcoin

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 21 Kyodo - A cashier holds a tablet displaying a barcode used for payment by bitcoin at the annex of department store Marui's Shinjuku outlet in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2017.

Yurakucho, the new shoppers' paradise in downtown Tokyo

Yurakucho, the new shoppers' paradise in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yurakucho, the once drab adjunct to the ritzy Ginza shopping district in downtown Tokyo, is now emerging as a shoppers' paradise rivaling the best in town. Opposite the trendy entrance to JR Yurakucho station, across a square with a concentric design, stands the newly opened 21-story ITOCiA complex, which houses the Marui department store on the first to eighth floors. The ITOCiA complex provides office space on upper floors and restaurants and a movie theater in an annex. Popular Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is located in the basement level. The 12-story Marronnier Gate shopping mall opened Sept. 1 near the ITOCiA complex and the luxury Peninsula Tokyo hotel also opened the same day.

Yurakucho ITOCiA shopping-office complex opens in central Tokyo

Yurakucho ITOCiA shopping-office complex opens in central Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Yurakucho ITOCiA complex, a 21-story shopping-office complex, opened Oct. 12 in Tokyo's ritzy Yurakucho-Ginza district, featuring department store operator Marui Co.'s first outlet in the area.

Yamato Holdings, Marui announce capital, business tie-up

Yamato Holdings, Marui announce capital, business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Yamato Holdings Co. President Kaoru Seto (L) and Marui Co. President Hiroshi Aoi (R) shake hands in Tokyo on May 21 after announcing their decision to form a capital and operational tie-up in an attempt to boost their corporate value by making optimal use of the two companies' managerial resources. Yamato owns Yamato Transport Co. and Marui is an operator of department stores.

Logo of tsumiki Securities Co.

Logo of tsumiki Securities Co.

Keywords: tsumiki securities, securities company, marui group, marui, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 6, 2019, Nakano Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo of tsumiki Securities Co.

Logo of tsumiki Securities Co.

Keywords: tsumiki securities, securities company, marui group, marui, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 6, 2019, Nakano Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Yamato Holdings, Marui announce capital, business tie-up

Yamato Holdings, Marui announce capital, business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Yamato Holdings Co. President Kaoru Seto (L) and Marui Co. President Hiroshi Aoi (R) shake hands in Tokyo on May 21 after announcing their decision to form a capital and operational tie-up in an attempt to boost their corporate value by making optimal use of the two companies' managerial resources. Yamato owns Yamato Transport Co. and Marui is an operator of department stores. (Kyodo)

Yurakucho ITOCiA shopping-office complex opens in central Tokyo

Yurakucho ITOCiA shopping-office complex opens in central Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Yurakucho ITOCiA complex, a 21-story shopping-office complex, opened Oct. 12 in Tokyo's ritzy Yurakucho-Ginza district, featuring department store operator Marui Co.'s first outlet in the area. (Kyodo)

Yokohama mayor receives return notice of U.S. military facilities

Yokohama mayor receives return notice of U.S. military facilities

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (L) receives a notice on the return of the Kamiseya Communication Station, a U.S. Navy installation, in Yokohama, Japan, from Hiroshi Marui, chief of the Defense Ministry's South Kanto Defense Bureau, on June 30, 2015, in Yokohama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yurakucho, the new shoppers' paradise in downtown Tokyo

Yurakucho, the new shoppers' paradise in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yurakucho, the once drab adjunct to the ritzy Ginza shopping district in downtown Tokyo, is now emerging as a shoppers' paradise rivaling the best in town. Opposite the trendy entrance to JR Yurakucho station, across a square with a concentric design, stands the newly opened 21-story ITOCiA complex, which houses the Marui department store on the first to eighth floors. The ITOCiA complex provides office space on upper floors and restaurants and a movie theater in an annex. Popular Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is located in the basement level. The 12-story Marronnier Gate shopping mall opened Sept. 1 near the ITOCiA complex and the luxury Peninsula Tokyo hotel also opened the same day. (Kyodo)

Fashion, beauty firms' support warms heart of disaster victims

Fashion, beauty firms' support warms heart of disaster victims

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People scramble to get warm clothes for winter at a clothing donation event held at a community center in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, organized by Marui Group Co., a Tokyo-based department store operator, on Dec. 11, 2011. In the event, about 10,000 items of secondhand or completely new clothing donated by Marui customers were offered to those affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)