THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 10, 2022 at 07:00 JST
The first convenience store of Lawson Inc. in Guangzhou, southern China, is thronged with young shoppers in their 20s to 30s on Sept. 28, some of whom take photos of products with smartphones to post them on social media. (Atsushi Okudera)
Having saturated the domestic market, Japanese convenience store operators are successively opening outlets across China in what is shaping up to be a battle for survival. [Read More]
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