Strikes are extremely rare in Japan, where negotiations over wages and work conditions are typically agreed amicably. This one-day strike - the first at a major Japanese department store in 61 ...

More than 2,000 people lined up in front of a Kintetsu department store in Osaka, a core city in Japan's second-largest business district, with the doors opening at 9:10 a.m., 20 minutes earlier ...

Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. [Photo by Rs1421 / CC BY-SA 3.0] The one-day token strike took place at Seibu’s flagship store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, as it was closed throughout the day.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, even as the labor union went on strike ahead of the ...

Japan sees rare strike as workers at landmark department store protest sale Credit: REUTERS/KYODO August 30, 2023 — 11:39 pm EDT Written by Mariko Katsumura and Ritsuko Shimizu for Reuters -> ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement.