TOKYO — In the face of a continued decline in department store sales in Japan for five consecutive years, diminishing 14 percent from a peak level 10 years ago, major department stores here are ...

TOKYO — It was a race against time. Japanese department store retailers saw their March comps surge at a double-digit pace as consumers rushed to make purchases before a consumption tax hike went into ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dressed in a kimono and smiling, Aiko Chihira greets shoppers at the entrance of Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store. But Chihira is no regular employee -- she is a humanoid robot.

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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, even as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement ...

Thousands of workers at Japanese department store company Sogo & Seibu overwhelmingly voted to strike last week to protect their jobs after the proposed sale of the company was announced last year.