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Books Kinokuniya (紀伊國屋書店, Kinokuniya Shoten) is a Japanese bookstore chain operated by Kinokuniya Company Ltd. (株式会社紀伊國屋書店, Kabushiki-gaisha Kinokuniya Shoten), founded in 1927, with its first store located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Its name translates to "Bookstore of Kii Province".
Books Kinokuniya Japan: Culture Convenience Club Japan: operates Tsutaya Bookstores [5] Libro Japan: Yurindo Japan: Kyobo Book Centre South Korea: Young Poong Books South Korea: Valters un Rapa [6] Latvia: MPH Group Malaysia: operates MPH Bookstores myNEWS.com Malaysia: Popular Malaysia: Times Bookstores Malaysia: Fondo de Cultura Económica Mexico
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The initial tenants included the manufacturers Hitachi, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, who used their showroom spaces to demonstrate electronics and automobiles; Kikkoman International; [5] the 15-story Miyako Hotel; [6] and Books Kinokuniya. The mall was renamed Japan Center by 1970, and by the mid-70s, retailers had displaced manufacturers as ...
Kinokuniya Bunzaemon (紀伊国屋文左衛門) (1669 – 1734) was a Japanese merchant of the Edo period born in Yuasa, Kishū who specialized in citrus, lumber, and salmon, among other goods. He enjoyed the favoritism and protection of shogunal advisor Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu and shogunal minister of finances Ogura Shigehide, and made a sizable ...
Osamu Matsubara (松原 治, Matsubara Osamu, October 7, 1917 – January 3, 2012) was a Japanese businessman, business executive, and former chairman and CEO of Books Kinokuniya. [1] Matsubara was President of Kinokuniya Company Ltd., the parent company of Books Kinokuniya, from October 1980 to November 2002. [2]
Negima! Magister Negi Magi, known in Japan as Magical Teacher Negima! (Japanese: 魔法先生ネギま!, Hepburn: Mahō Sensei Negima!), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu.
Book Off also operates several stores in the United States, two in Seoul and three in Paris. [4] In 2012, it closed its only Canadian store in Vancouver, British Columbia.In the United States there are three stores in New York, ten in California, two in Hawaii, and one in Arizona.