A foreign man was seen walking naked outside a convenience store in Phuket last night, February 24 drawing criticism from the ...

Japan's Itochu is withdrawing from a buyout for Seven & i Holdings proposed by the retailer's founding family, two sources ...

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is keeping up its pursuit of Seven & i Holdings Co. but has yet to gain access to the Japanese company’s financials, months after proposing a takeover, people with ...

Local stakeholders struggle to cope with the surge in visitor numbers whenever a location suddenly goes viral.

Such a situation recently occurred in the late-night hours at a convenience store in Hokkaido Prefecture, leading to a violent altercation with a foreign tourist. At around 1:40 a.m. on January 27, a ...

TOKYO -- 7-Eleven convenience stores have become a can't-miss destination for many international tourists in Japan for picking up items ranging from one-of-a-kind snacks to unlikely top sellers.

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Feb. 8 and ...

Convenience store trainer Jiyu Chen understood the difficulties facing two foreign female part-time workers who listened as he explained taking payments from customers for motorbike insurance.

This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no convenience store. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and ...

This rarity adds to its appeal for foreign tourists, they said. Packages of Karaage-kun fried chicken are seen on display at a Lawson convenience store in Tokyo in January 2025. Lawson stated that ...

B'desh Foreign Affairs Advisor likely to meet ... Indian restaurants, nail bars, convenience stores, and car washes were among the targets of what the Home Office on Monday described as a ...