In Japan, the small donation boxes placed near convenience store registers often go unnoticed by customers, and those who do contribute to them may not give a lot of thought to where the money goes.

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

The suicide of a convenience store worker in Japan has been ruled as a work-related accident after the man worked for six ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

Keiko Furukura finds her purpose working in a convenience store (shortened to konbini in Japan). She revels in the repetition ...

I’ve been a huge fan of Japanese food ever since I was a kid, but as an adult, for some reason I never prioritized visiting ...

Tokyo (AsiaNews) – Japan’s Labour Standard Inspection Office (LSIO) is treating the death by suicide of the manager at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Oita Prefecture as a work-related accident.

Rather than being exclusive to makeup counters or brand-specific stores, Japan’s more widespread convenience stores ... and luster geared toward young people. Items are travel-sized and ...

It’s essentially “Don Quixote”: where Quixote lives by the code of knightly romances, Keiko lives by the convenience-store employee ... much about work. It makes other people anxious.

A $1 rice ball works out at 78p for us Brits. God bless the exchange rate. People will, however, spend money on sushi, like ...

I’m not saying Japan isn’t wonderful in many ways. It can be. The cleanliness of public spaces, the politeness of service staff, and the sense of personal safety are all remarkable. When friends back ...