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Japan's Core Consumer Prices Up 3 Pct In November

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XINHUA
 
Japan's core consumer prices in November rose 3.0 percent from a year earlier, driven higher by food and energy prices, government data showed Friday.
The increase in the nationwide consumer price index (CPI), excluding volatile fresh food, followed a 3.0 percent rise in October.
 
The i...

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1st Official Southeast Asia Shop for Tomica Miniature Cars Opens in Kuala Lumpur

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The first official shop in Southeast Asia for the Tomica miniature car series opened on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur.
Tomy Co., better known as Takara Tomy, opened the shop at a commercial complex in central Kuala Lumpur. This is the second foreign country in which the manufacturer has o...

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Starbucks Japan Opens First-Ever Branch On Bullet Train Platform

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Once upon a time, vendors would periodically wheel carts down the aisles of the shinkansen, offering food and drinks for travelers to enjoy during their ride on Japan’s famed bullet trains.
Sadly that came to an end in the fall of 2023, with operator Japan Railways citing decreased ...

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Bic Camera Completes Renovations at 3 Ikebukuro Stores; JR Yamanote Line Platform Sign Now Reads ‘Ikebukuro (BicCamera Mae)’

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Major electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc. has completed renovations on three of its stores in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district, including its flagship location.
As competition among electronics retailers intensifies in the district, where Bic Camera’s was founded, the company is putting i...

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Horse-Themed Lucky Bags To Hit Japan During 2026 New Year’s Sales

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Major Japanese department stores will sell fukubukuro lucky bags for their New Year’s sales next year that offer a wide variety of experiences and items themed on horses as 2026 is the Year of the Horse in the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle.
Next year’s bags include those providing cu...

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Japanese Convenience Store Opens New Branch Inside Public High School

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Matsudo High School, a public school in the town of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, used to have a little campus store where students could buy bread, which in Japan encompasses snack-sized buns with sweet or savory fillings.
That’s still not a ton of variety, though, and in 2022 the sto...

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Prices Of 1,422 Food Items To Rise In September

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A survey of 195 major food companies by Teikoku Databank found that prices of 1,422 food and beverage items are scheduled to rise in September. This marks the ninth consecutive month of price increases this year.
By food category, the most common price increases are for condiments, ...

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Seven & i to Add 1,000 Stores in Japan

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NIPPON
 
Seven & i Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it will increase the number of its convenience stores in Japan by 1,000 and open 1,300 new stores abroad by fiscal 2030.
The Japanese retailer plans to increase annual sales from its domestic delivery service through convenience stores by more t...

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Food Price Hikes In Japan Projected For Over 20,000 Items In 2025

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The number of food and beverage items that will face price hikes in 2025 is projected to surpass 20,000 for the first time in two years, mainly due to high material and logistics costs, a credit research firm said Monday.
In July alone, 195 major food makers are planning price hikes...

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Prices Of 2,343 Food And Drink Products Going Up In March

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The prices of more than 2,000 food and drink products will rise during March, research firm Teikoku Databank said.
According to a survey of 195 food manufacturers by Teikoku Databank, 2,343 items will cost more. The number of items that have increased in price this year has exceeded...

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