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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.
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 ...
Hirotake Yano, the Japanese billionaire founder of Daiso Industries who helped popularize the discounted dollar-shop concept, has died of heart failure. He passed away in Hiroshima on February 12 ...
Daishō style sword mounting, gold banding on red-lacquered ground. 16th century, Azuchi–Momoyama period. Important Cultural Property. Tokyo National Museum. Daishō mountings with ice crack pattern design.
In 1987 Yano developed the 100 Yen Daiso company and in 1991 the company opened its first directly managed shop in permanent premises, in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] Yano was noted for his live-for-the-moment attitude, which comes from his varied experiences and failures, particularly the bankruptcy of his father-in-law ...
The first Japanese retail store opened in East El Paso, at 11917 Gateway Blvd., in June. Two other Daiso stores followed: 9484 Dyer St., Suite E. and 7410 Remcon Circle, Suite A. When the first ...
[9] [10] [11] One of the largest 100-yen shops is the Daiso in the Tokyo neighborhood of Harajuku. It spans four stories and over 10,500 square feet (980 m 2). [12] Similar shops have opened around other parts of Asia as well, some operated by Japanese companies such as Daiso, which now has branches in 25 countries outside of Japan. [13]
Daiso’s “one-price” store concept is global with more than 5,700 stores worldwide including 58 in California. Goods run the gamut from bath and beauty items to clothing, kitchen and home ...