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Daiso categorizes all of its own branded items using the morpheme za (ザ), the Japanese representation of the English word "the", plus a category.For example, za hanabi (ザ・花火) is the category for fireworks, and za purasuchikku (ザ・プラスチック) is the category for plastic items such as plastic buckets and trays.
The first 100-yen shop in its modern form was opened in 1985 in Kasugai, Aichi prefecture by Akira Matsubayashi, the founder of the company Life Standard. It was called '100-yen Shop' (100円ショップ). [15] This model was eventually adopted by Hirotake Yano, the founder of Daiso Industries Co. Ltd., who opened the first Daiso store in 1991.
In 1999, the company opened its first 98cent Plus Store carrying Daiso products, before Daiso had its own stores in US. The company has since expanded to 11 locations in California with over 400 employees in California. These stores sell Japanese food and household items. [3] In 2013, Don Quijote purchased 100 percent of Marukai stock. [4]
Hirotake Yano, who founded the retail chain Daiso known for 100-yen shops, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store, has died. Yano died Feb. 12 of heart failure, Daiso Industries Co. said in a ...
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Yano established his first company named Yano Shoten (Yano Store) in 1972 when he was 29, selling items from the back of a truck and displaying his goods on a mobile wooden stand. [2] In 1977 he changed the company name to Daiso Industries and introduced the universal price of ¥100.
Daiso, a chain of "100 yen shops," as they are known in Japan, launched in 1977 and has 3,620 locations in Japan and more than 2,200 stores worldwide. Daiso, the Japanese discount store, opens in ...