Convenience-store chain Lawson has launched Nomu mayo, or drinkable mayonnaise, which comes packed in a sleek, upmarket cup ...

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 ...

If I turned immediately to the right after leaving my hotel, a 7-Eleven was right in front of me. Take a few steps more? I’m ...

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 ...

Have you ever heard of tamago sando? It's the famous Japanese egg sandwich you can find in konbini (Japanese mini-markets: 7 ...

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 ...

In Japan, they have konbini, like Lawson, Family Mart and that which will be most recognizable to Americans: 7-11. Konbini ...