Japan came from behind and defeat United States of America ~Amateurs made convenience stores~

Writer: NHK Project X Producing Group

Publisher: NHK Publication

 Category: Non-Fiction

I will tell you Japan came from behind and defeat United States of America ~Amateurs made convenience stores~. There are 50000 convenience stores in present Japan. They are necessary existence for us. The first convenience store opened on 1974 May 15^th. Basing the business of United States of America, 15 amateurs realized their dream although they went to a lot of trouble to do. In the middle of 1960s the main of retailing was moving to supermarkets. Toshifumi Suzuki and Hideo Shimizu both of who were staffs of Ito- Yokado (those days 17th) immigrated to USA in order to search the possibility novel work. This is the documentary drama that convenience store saved Japan and the crisis of America (originator).  

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