TOKYO -- Sticker swapping, a playground craze among children in the 2000s, has returned as a new boom known as "shiru-katsu." ...

Toshifumi Suzuki, the convenience store pioneer who built 7-Eleven into a fixture of daily life in Japan, died on May 18. He was 93. Seven & i, the Japanese operator of the 7-Elev ...

Beloved for its selection of stationery and crafts, as well as woodworking and gardening supplies, retailer Hands announced ...

From fresh meals and banking services to disaster relief and parcel delivery, 7-Eleven has evolved into a critical part of daily life in Japan. The first shop opened in the country in 1974. Today, the ...

The famous Hands Shibuya location announced that it will be closing its doors in November due to the expiration of its ...

Toshifumi Suzuki realized early on that convenience stores should cater to local tastes.

Barry Walters discusses new book 'Mighty Real,' which offers a history of LGBTQ+ music from 1969 to 2000. We also pay a visit to Kinokuniya.

Google will open its first physical store outside the US in Tokyo’s Omotesando district as Pixel gains momentum in Japan’s ...

After being exclusive to the United States, the first physical Google Store outside of the region is coming to Tokyo, Japan, in the coming months. A post from the Google Japan blog details just what ...

Google announced it will open a flagship store in Tokyo this summer, the first of its kind outside of the United States.

As you can buy almost anything your heart desires online these days, shoppers often need an extra incentive to seek out a brick and mortar store to satisfy their shopping needs. That’s where concept ...