Researcher says more than half of central Tokyo convenience stores have foreigners working the graveyard shift.
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Japan now has over 40,000 foreign convenience store clerks as it continues to internationalize
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Japanese convenience store demands ransom from owner of car parked illegally in its lot
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Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2017
Parking in this store’s lot even though you’re not a customer? They’ll just keep your car then.
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