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 ...
It’s easy to chuckle at the social media hyperbole of inbound travelers singing the praises of Japan’s gourmet konbini (convenience store) finds. The fact is — they're not wrong. In stark ...
The nationwide “konbini” number dropped year over year by 119, or 0.2 percent, to 55,620 in March, statistics released by the Japan Franchise Association on April 22 showed. It was the 22nd ...
The combined entity would bring together more than a hundred thousand shops globally, where in Japan, the popularity of konbini outlets provides a slew of amenities from ready to eat meals to bill ...