Yoshiami Abe, a 74-year-old Fukuoka rice farmer, stood in suit and tie in front of a large Costco sign. As he greeted ...

Two years ago, Costco set its minimum hourly pay at 1,500 yen across all of its stores in Japan in a bid to retain workers. That’s high even for Tokyo, where the legal minimum wage is the ...

The Bank of Japan has raised the country's interest rate to 0.5%, the highest level since 2008. That follows two previous ...

This makes Wagyu beef imported directly from Japan more expensive and, generally, a higher quality and more elevated product.

Other purchases were made by foreigners who had been in Japan for more than six months and were therefore not eligible for the exemption on the consumption tax. Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd., based ...

The first Costco store opened in the US in 1976. Since then, it has expanded to Europe, Australasia, and Asia. We compared the experience of shopping in its stores in Japan versus the US.

"Costco Teamsters vote to strike over unfair contract amid record profits " was originally created and published by Retail ...