Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life, and 7-Eleven is the country’s dominant chain. They are a place to shop, pay bills and gather during disasters. By Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo ...

The food at 7-Eleven locations in Japan is in a completely different league compared to stores in the United States. The U.S. stores mainly offer soda, chips, and mediocre slices of pizza — and it's ...

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- The shop is well lit; the floor, pristine. The welcoming aroma of freshly fried chicken and steamed pork buns wafts through the air. Customers pop in to snag on-the-go ...

In the stores I visited in Japan, you could buy umbrellas and underwear, stationery or sake. You could pay an electric bill, top up a metro card, make photocopies, buy tickets to events, use the ...