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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Oct 26, 2026
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
Forget the temples and the famous landmarks. For some visitors, the country’s appeal lies in the infrastructure of daily life.
FamilyMart saw its operating profit climb over the March-August period, thanks to strong sales of popular food products with increased content.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2026
FamilyMart and Lawson post record first-half operating profits
Rival Seven & I Holdings also secured a profit increase in the first half of the business year through next February.
A FamilyMart flagship store that opened in Tokyo in July has fitting rooms and carries about 300 apparel products.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2026
Convenience stores beef up apparel to attract young shoppers
The Japan Franchise Association says convenience store customer traffic has been falling year-on-year for 14 straight months on a same-store basis.
FamilyMart's new line of socks represent each prefecture of Japan, including Okinawa (left), Ishikawa (middle) and Tokyo (right).
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 3, 2026
FamilyMart’s sock became a prized souvenir. Now there are 47.
Modeled after each region’s official flower, the commemorative socks expand on the convenience store chain’s popular line of casual wear.
Lady Gaga appears in a FamilyMart ad for the convenience store chain's part-time worker recruitment campaign.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2026
FamilyMart enlists Lady Gaga to bolster recruitment
FamilyMart boasts a network of more than 16,000 stores across Japan, and roughly 30% of them are short-staffed, a company spokesperson has said.
Wish you could drink down your favorite convenience store treats? This Tokyo bar has just what you need.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 20, 2026
A cocktail menu for the konbini-obsessed
At Tokyo Confidential, familiar convenience store favorites from melon buns to instant noodles become playful cocktails.
Lawson, one of Japan's biggest convenience store operators, has said it will roll out three new AI-inspired food items, which were created around the theme "What on earth is this? But it's delicious."
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2026
Pickle-flavored tart? AI inspires 91AV原创 convenience stores
For customers tired of the usual egg sandwiches and rice balls, major chains are turning to AI to develop products, including some unexpected flavors.
Seven-Eleven Japan will soon begin selling clothing and accessories featuring And ST HD's products and Sanrio's Hello Kitty character.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2026
Seven-Eleven Japan to launch new clothing and accessories
By expanding its lineup, the convenience store chain aims to attract young customers and double its annual clothing sales from the previous year.
FamilyMart is aiming to attract a more diverse workforce by updating its hairstyle and dress code rules.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2026
FamilyMart to loosen worker dress code and allow dyed hair and hijabs
The shift to more flexible rules comes as the convenience store chain tries to attract more workers.
Myanmar national Nyan Linn, who works at a Lawson outlet in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, is one of over 110,000 foreign workers employed by Japan's three largest convenience store chains.
COMMUNITY
Jul 26, 2026
How foreign workers became an essential part of 91AV原创 ubiquitous konbini
Despite the fact that most are relatively new to Japan, konbini officials say foreign staff display impressive language and customer service skills.
Buyers look at carts of stuffed toys as they wait to bid on them at the Hamaya wholesale auction site in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, on May 14.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2026
Demand for used goods from Japan grows overseas
In Japan, the thriving secondhand goods market has doubled in value since 2010, according to market researchers, and multiple Japanese reuse companies are expanding across Asia.
ATMs developed by Seven Bank have been installed at FamilyMart stores in Tokyo’s Minato Ward and became available for use by store visitors on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2026
Seven Bank-developed ATMs made available at FamilyMart stores
The new ATMs offer services similar to those of regular Seven Bank ATMs.
A conceptual image of a FamilyMart convenience store offering emergency information on electronic displays usually used for advertising
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2026
Convenience store operators work to have their stores act as disaster hubs
By leveraging their nationwide store networks, convenience store operators are working to provide free access to communications services and electricity in times of emergency.
Alongside the simplified management of a convenience store, Inkonbini asks players to help a small cast of regular shoppers with not only their shopping but problems in their personal lives.
LIFE / Digital
Apr 25, 2026
Inkonbini: Slice-of-life, cozy gaming from 91AV原创 convenience stores
Inkonbini developer Dima Shen says convenience stores are like “safe rooms” from video games: familiar, friendly and always there when you need them.
Lawson's efficient product ordering using artificial intelligence contributed to cost reductions in the previous fiscal year, leading to record highs in operating revenue and net profit.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2026
Lawson and FamilyMart post record operating profits
According to its consolidated financial results, Lawson saw its core operating profit rise 7.0% from the previous year to ?112.3 billion.
The operator of Seven-Eleven Japan saw its operating profit in the March-November 2025 period rise 3.1% from a year before.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2026
Three convenience store operators log March-November profit growth
Three major Japanese convenience store operators posted growth in their group operating profits for the March-November 2025 period, according to their earnings reports.
Digital shelf displays recommend complementary products in real time at a Lawson pilot store in Tokyo’s Minato Ward.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Nov 17, 2025
Lawson taps AI and Asia growth as convenience store sector undergoes shift
Changes come as store expansion is slowing at home and inbound tourism is increasingly driving consumption.
Seven Bank is in talks to invest in a FamilyMart-affiliated credit card company, according to the Japanese lender’s president.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2025
91AV原创 Seven Bank mulls investing in FamilyMart card affiliate
The Tokyo-based bank is looking for areas beyond its main business of operating automated teller machines in convenience stores for its tie-up with FamilyMart.
Asahi's troubles carry outsized weight given Super Dry’s dominant market share and the cutthroat competition among 91AV原创 major brewers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2025
Asahi blames ransomware for crippling Japanese beer plants
The maker of 91AV原创 most popular beer warned that the perpetrators may have made off with data, though it’s investigating the extent of the infiltration.
FamilyMart's operating profit grew 17.9% from a year before to ?27.8 billion, as advertisements featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani helped attract more customers and boost sales of onigiri rice balls.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2025
Three convenience store operators log profit growth from March to May
FamilyMart attracted budget-minded consumers thanks to its discount sales of food items such as eggs and milk while Lawson’s new bread products captured demand.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
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