Take a stroll through any Japanese city—you'll be hard-pressed to go a few blocks without passing a convenience store. The one-stop shops dot streetscapes everywhere. So ubiquitous are konbini ...
Hirotake Yano, the billionaire founder of Japanese discount retailer Daiso ... Daiso is a so-called 100 yen ($0.67; £0.53) store, similar to pound shops. Mr Yano opened his first discount ...
The companies were deemed to have a monopoly as their respective operating systems, iOS and Android, are fitted in 99 percent of the smartphones in use in Japan, according to a study by the U.S. ...