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100-yen shops (100円ショップ, hyaku-en shoppu) are common Japanese shops in the vein of American dollar stores.Stocking a variety of items such as decorations, stationery, cup noodles, slippers, containers, batteries, spoons and bowls, each item is priced at precisely 100 yen, [1] which is considered attractive to Japanese consumers because it can be paid for with a single 100-yen coin.
Daiso Industries Co., Ltd. (株式会社大創産業, Kabushiki gaisha Daisōsangyō, branded in katakana as ダイソー) is a large franchise of 100-yen shops founded in Japan. Its headquarters are in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. Daiso has locations in 25 countries and regions worldwide.
The chain saw a major expansion in the early 1930s. In 1931 it opened a "10, 20 and 50 sen store" in Osaka, a predecessor of today's 100 yen store. Its flagship store in Namba, Osaka opened in 1932, and a second flagship store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo opened in 1933.
Hirotake Yano, who founded the retail chain Daiso known for 100-yen shops, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store, has died. Yano died Feb. 12 of heart failure, Daiso Industries Co. said in a ...
Pages in category "Retail companies of Japan" ... out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 100-yen shop; A. Aeon (company) B. BALS ...
Denominations of 1, 5, 10, and 500 yen were given priority over 50 and 100 yen coins. [12] By the mid-1990s 100-yen shops were expanding into retail chains; these shops are akin to American dollar stores. Coin production remained unhindered during the early years of Akihito's reign until the millennium, when 500 yen coins were turned out in ...
Lawson, Inc. (株式会社ローソン, Kabushiki gaisha Rōson) is a convenience store franchise chain in Japan. The store originated in the United States in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, but exists today as a Japanese company based in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
Many variety shops in Edo period Japan were called "4 mon shops" (四文屋, Shimonya) because customers could buy any product in the shop for only 4 mon, this name is still used in modern-day Japan alongside the term "100-yen shop" for stores that sell cheap snacks. [12]