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Kikkoman raised prices on 291 products in Japan for the first time since 2023, part of a record September price-hike wave. In…
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iRobot filed for Chapter 11 in December 2025 and was sold to a Chinese manufacturer. Three months later, its Japan subsidiary's self-designed…
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Starbucks and Suntory are rolling out Japan's first Starbucks-only vending machines just as the channel shrinks, prices hit ¥200 a bottle and…
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The iPhone 18 Pro starts at ¥219,800 in Japan, 22% more than last year's Pro; in the US the same step was…
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In October, Sushiro, Japan's top-selling conveyor-belt sushi chain, opens its first US restaurant in a former McDonald's at Eighth Avenue and 42nd…
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On Tuesday 22 September 2026, Japan shuts down for a national holiday that commemorates nothing. It exists only because the days on…
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Otsuka has owned an American bottling company since 1991 and waited thirty-two years to use it for the drink it is actually…
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On 19 August 2026 lululemon opened a 1,220 square metre flagship at 1-13-12 Jingumae in Harajuku, its largest store anywhere in Asia…
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Lawson is cutting twenty hand-wrapped onigiri by 10 to 11 yen from 29 September 2026, Seven-Eleven Japan cut two by about 19…
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