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Why 7-Eleven and Other Convenience Stores in Japan Are So Special

Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life, and 7-Eleven is the country’s dominant chain. They are a place to shop, ...
Cincinnati

Kiki Owner Brings Japanese Convenience To Court Street Plaza

Fresh off a James Beard nomination and a Guy Fieri visit, local chef Hideki Harada has announced his next move. Harada will open a konbini, a Japanese convenience store, at 31 E. Court Street in ...
Yahoo

Nigo Is Out to Make Japanese Convenience Stores Even Cooler

AT YOUR CONVENIENCE: Nigo keeps putting his fingers in new pies — or shall we say steamed buns and soufflé pudding? The Japanese designer behind Human Made and the creative director of Kenzo has ...
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Living on japanese convenience stores in tokyo for 24 hours!

Join me for a 24-hour challenge in Tokyo, Japan, exploring convenience stores like 7-Eleven, Lawson, and FamilyMart. Discover unique offerings such as Ramen cooking stations, fried chicken, pizza, ...
Daily Journal

Canada’s Couche-Tard drops offer to buy Japanese 7-Eleven convenience stores

TOKYO (AP) — Canadian retail chain Alimentation Couche-Tard is dropping its proposal to acquire Seven & i Holdings Co., the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, citing ...
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Japanese convenience store chain IDs clerks who can speak English, other languages

TOKYO — Japan’s second largest convenience store chain, in a bid for more of the country’s tourist trade, recently asked its employees to wear badges indicating the languages they speak. More than 3.1 ...
WLWT

Japanese convenience store set to open in downtown Cincinnati this year

A Japanese convenience store is set to open in downtown Cincinnati later this year.The owner of Sen, a small Findlay Market fish and seafood butcher shop Sen and Kiki in College Hill, which was ...