Hirotake Yano, the founder of the operator of Daiso, Japan’s first and largest 100-yen shop chain, died of cardiac failure on Feb. 12. He was 80. His funeral was attended by close family members ...

After almost 40 years, frugal customers at the Kura Sushi Inc. conveyor belt restaurants will have to dig deeper into their pockets, as the chain will soon end its lowest-priced 100 yen (69 cents ...