Convenience stores, ice and whisky first came as U.S. imports. Then, they were reinvented.

Sheer frustration at the inconvenience of everyday shopping led Toshifumi Suzuki in 1973 to set up a company to operate the Seven-Eleven chain of convenience stores in Japan. That was half a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japanese convenience stores, known as konbinis, embody the best of Japanese culture and creativity.

A konbini (a Japanese convenience store) is nothing like the corner stores you’re used to. These stores serve up full meals, fresh coffee, hot foods, seasonal sweets, and everything in between.

like Japanese konbini-inspired sandwiches.” What that means is a trio of sandwiches on fluffy Japanese milk bread provided by ...

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 ...

The staff are studying Japanese at a language school in Japan. One is a 20-year-old Nepalese and the other is a 19-year-old Vietnamese. They came to Japan from two to six months ago and started to ...