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THE JAPAN EDITION 2026

Japan’s
retail industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping retail in Japan. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Retail illustration
Companies tracked 2,101Retail ecosystem in Japan Disclosed funding $2.34B150 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 14With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 393 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Japan’s retail leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Retail company highlights in Japan, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
Spiberspiber.inc$514.35M—334—
Mercarimercari.com$114.3M—209Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Inagorainagora.com$104.5M———
AnyMind Groupanymindgroup.com$86.94M6 roles1,200Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Foodisonfoodison.jp$81.2M—234—
MOON-Xmoon-x.com$75.42M—18—
STORESst.inc$73.18M—65—
Unifaunifa-e.com$70.03M—220—
JS Consulting Co.js-consulting.jp—8 roles——
Fast Retailingfastretailing.com—7 roles52,839—
Kate Spade New Yorkkatespade.jp—5 roles2,500—
KAUCHEkauche.com—2 roles——
Kozurecozre.co.jp—2 roles37—
Meilyabout.meily.co.jp—2 roles——
Cecilececile.co.jp—1 roles——
Aeonaeon.info——148,146—
BONXbonx.co——15—
ILEM JAPANin.ilemjapan.com——7Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Lawsonlawson.co.jp——95—
Linkage Globallinkagecc.com————
Seven & i Holdings7andi.com——53,993—
Wacoal Holdingswacoalholdings.jp——19,629—
Yamada Denkiyamada-denki.jp——19,752—
adastriaadastria.co.jp——12,417—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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Recorded evidence only

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No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Retail industry KPIs in Japan

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

6 August 2026
Hiring participation0.7%

14 of 2,101 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation10.6%

222 of 2,101 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share31.4%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$3.38M

Midpoint of 209 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 31.4% of disclosed capital, while 89.4% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Japan retail has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Japan retail
$0$135.18M$270.35M$405.53M$540.71M2016: $165.82M20162017: $108.73M20172018: $103.54M20182019: $139.28M20192020: $230.2M20202021: $474.3M20212022: $241.5M20222023: $64.07M20232024: $258.16M20242025: $152.59M2025
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Annual retail funding and company formation in Japan
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$165.82M6512
2017$108.73M6915
2018$103.54M13616
2019$139.28M11217
2020$230.2M13717
2021$474.3M9918
2022$241.5M6726
2023$64.07M3419
2024$258.16M1827
2025$152.59M220
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Spiber22.0%
  • Mercari4.9%
  • Inagora4.5%
  • Other companies68.6%

Funding by stage

347 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel140 40.3%
Series A–B142 40.9%
Series C+ / PE34 9.8%
Grants, debt & other31 8.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Seed04/2026
Nebraska —

Backed by Quantum Leaps Ventures and Tohan.

Series A03/2026
Light-Right $2.13M

Backed by HIRAC FUND and Hidashin and others.

Series A03/2026
Toypo $1.78M

Backed by FFG Venture Business Partners and GxPartners and others.

Conventional Debt03/2026
Light-Right —

Backed by Hokkoku Bank and Kiyo Capital Management.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series E09/2021
Spiberspiber.inc$312.58M

Backed by The Carlyle Group and Fidelity Investments and others.

Series E08/2020
STORESst.inc$66.03M

Backed by Bain Capital and PayPal and others.

Series E04/2024
Spiberspiber.inc$65.32M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

Series C10/2024
MOON-Xmoon-x.com$51.16M

Backed by Shizuoka Financial Group and The Gogin Capital and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps Japan company identities to the configured global filings table.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Japan companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

145 of the 2,101 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (6.9%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 223,582 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Mercarimercari.com91,028,9808457.3%
cosmecosme.net23,509,8487593.7%
Surugayasuruga-ya.jp18,387,6256579.6%
MonotaROmonotaro.com15,438,0068260.6%
auau.com14,108,3067892.3%
Cainzcainz.com11,193,5407188.3%
Rakuten Infoseekinfoseek.co.jp10,633,9175070.8%
Family Martfamily.co.jp9,464,2637891.7%
Buyeebuyee.jp9,010,3225449.6%
bookoff groupbookoff.co.jp7,587,4877278%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

311 of these companies (14.8%) publish at least one Android app — 466 apps in all, carrying 398.5M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
あんしんフィルター for auau40.3M3.5Tools
My au(マイエーユー)-料金・ギガ残量の確認アプリau40.1M3.6Communication
フリマアプリはメルカリ - メルペイのスマホ決済でもっとお得Mercari34.5M4.2Shopping
Mercari: Buy and Sell AppMercari31M4.7Shopping
ヤマダデジタル会員Yamada Denki18.5M1Shopping
ローソン - お得なクーポンやポイントが貯まるLawson13.2M3.4Lifestyle
au PAY マーケット Pontaポイントでおトクに買い物Wowma12.7M—Shopping
ファミマのアプリ「ファミペイ」Family Mart10.3M—Lifestyle
楽天ラクマ-フリマアプリFril9.4M3.7Shopping
Zeetle - 抽選 × クーポン × ポイントアプリZeetle8.8M5Lifestyle

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Horizontal E-Commerce64138.7Mフリマアプリはメルカリ - メルペイのスマホ決済でもっとお得 34.5M
Retailers53110Mあんしんフィルター for au 40.3M
Retail Chains5270.1Mヤマダデジタル会員 18.5M
Coupons And Deals1414.3MZeetle - 抽選 × クーポン × ポイントアプリ 8.8M
Fashion Tech4912.5MShoplist-ショップリスト ファッション通販 3M
B2C E-Commerce3811.6Mブックオフ公式アプリ　ポイントやクーポンをスマホで管理 4.1M
Online Mom & Baby Care2011.3MQuiver - 3D Coloring App 5.5M
Consumer Electronics E-Commerce2710MNotta-Transcribe Audio to Text 3.3M

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 22023Q2: 82023Q22023Q3: 12023Q3: 42023Q32023Q4: 52023Q4: 112023Q42024Q1: 62024Q1: 42024Q12024Q2: 22024Q2: 62024Q22024Q3: 22024Q3: 92024Q32024Q4: 52024Q4: 82024Q42025Q1: 22025Q1: 52025Q12025Q2: 42025Q2: 172025Q22025Q3: 62025Q3: 442025Q32025Q4: 22025Q4: 402025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1: 822026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 159 of 466 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Japan retail market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Consumer digital791
B2c e-commerce718
Internet first brands226
Marketplaces211
Enterprise tech211
B2c fashion e-commerce209
Commerce enablers109
Enterprise software104
Internet first fashion brands89
Beauty e-commerce75
Saas57
Retail saas45

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Consumer digital

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

791companies
0.5%have hiring activity

4 companies hiring · $861.37M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

E-commerce - product1,256
E-commerce - service454
Subscription449
Commission on transaction375
Physical commerce347
Advertising246
Fee-for-service157
Renting / leasing21
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsnojima.co.jp ↗

Hitachi Global Life Solutions Inc will spin off its home appliance business into a new company that Nojima will acquire a 80.1 percent stake in for about 100 billion yen (USD 630 million) through a special purpose company, according to a report by Nikkei newspaper.

Funding roundsbonx.co ↗

In 2024, Bonx attracted the resources of Dynamo Ventures which led a round of 1.1 million that also Lakestar and Prequel Ventures joined.

Funding roundspuntoapp.jp ↗

The €2 million round covered entirely by Samaipata will boost the growth of its team with first-level profiles and will allow to launch its platform in new sectors of activity.

Mergers & acquisitionsyutori.tokyo ↗

Japanese fashion company yutori has announced its decision to fully acquire Heart Relation Inc., a company led by former AKB48 member and entrepreneur Haruna Kojima.

IPO activity7andi.com ↗

The Japanese company plans to raise 2 trillion yen ($12.6 billion) through the IPO and use it to buy back its own shares.

Funding roundsbotanic.in ↗

Living Models in Paris and Berkeley raised $7 million seed for Botanic, foundation AI models trained on plant genomics to accelerate crop breeding.

Funding roundscorp.world.co.jp ↗

Sam Altman’s World completed $65 million in WLD token sales through OTC deals over the past week, according to The World Foundation.

Mergers & acquisitionscorp.linkers.net ↗

Linkers Industries Limited (NASDAQ: LNKS) has entered into a non‑binding memorandum of understanding to acquire additional equity interests in LPW Electronics Co. Ltd. in Thailand, potentially increasing its ownership stake from 20% to as much as 49%.

IPO activitypolite.co.jp ↗

The IPO will comprise a total offer of up to 1.25 crore equity shares, including a fresh issue of up to 1 crore shares and an offer for sale of up to 25 lakh shares.

Mergers & acquisitionsjcm-hq.co.jp ↗

Japan Cash Machine Co Ltd, also known as JCM Global, says its board has approved the acquisition of a “medium- and small-sized recycler/dispenser manufacturing and sales business” operated by Fujitsu Frontech Ltd.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 672 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Company announcements
226
Mergers & acquisitions
145
Earnings
113
Leadership moves
55
Funding rounds
45
Board Updates
18
New products
18
Contracts
15
Asset acquisitions
10
Buyback
7
6 activity cards

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Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

AnyManager

Short‑form video generation tool

AnyDigital Max

AI-powered advertising solution

Retail ↗
RaiD10 platform

Retail AI platform

Workforce actions

1 companies with reported reductions

444 rolesdeclining sales

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

26companies
122period observations
11.5%median reported growth

Median across 68 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Nojima→NaAnnounced2026-04-27Not stated in snapshot
Nojima→NaAnnounced2026-04-22Not stated in snapshot
Nojima→conexioCompleted2026-04-22Not stated in snapshot
Nojima→Vaio Corp.Completed2026-04-22Not stated in snapshot
Nojima→hitachi global life solutionsAnnounced2026-04-21Not stated in snapshot
Yutori→Heart Relation Inc.Announced2026-04-13Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

Recorded hiring and workforce signals from the available source snapshot.

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Most advertised job titles

No repeated job title is supported by this snapshot.

0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

438 founders and chief executives across 386 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

14 profiles with education records.

The University of Tokyo
3
University of California (Berkeley)
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
Harvard University
2
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
1
University of Warwick
1
Waseda University
1
University of Pennsylvania
1

Prior employers

9 profiles with prior-work records.

McKinsey
3
Amazon
2
Uber
1
eBay
1
Goldman Sachs
1
Google
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

475,684 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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475,684articles in the measured year
101,931articles in 2026Q1
50.5%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Retail coverage across Japan · articles per complete quarter

052,941105,883158,824211,7662021Q2: 65,9352021Q22021Q3: 84,3292021Q4: 60,3562022Q1: 73,0822022Q2: 69,7882022Q22022Q3: 73,6842022Q4: 96,8362023Q1: 96,8722023Q2: 95,2422023Q22023Q3: 107,8582023Q4: 93,2772024Q1: 108,1892024Q2: 109,0242024Q22024Q3: 118,2312024Q4: 119,1552025Q1: 142,3572025Q2: 106,4712025Q22025Q3: 184,1442025Q4: 87,3912026Q1: 101,9312026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q265,935
2021Q384,329
2021Q460,356
2022Q173,082
2022Q269,788
2022Q373,684
2022Q496,836
2023Q196,872
2023Q295,242
2023Q3107,858
2023Q493,277
2024Q1108,189
2024Q2109,024
2024Q3118,231
2024Q4119,155
2025Q1142,357
2025Q2106,471
2025Q3184,144
2025Q487,391
2026Q1101,931

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
136,713 positive · 35,965 neutral · 72,554 negative
2022
171,471 positive · 50,986 neutral · 90,620 negative
2023
233,850 positive · 62,034 neutral · 96,892 negative
2024
251,700 positive · 93,971 neutral · 108,385 negative
2025
262,691 positive · 146,756 neutral · 110,360 negative

Leading coverage topics

Retail coverage across Japan · ranked by full-period article count.

International And Transnational Geographic Entities300,340 articles in the full recorded period
100,289 recent · 75,578 prior
Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas300,336 articles in the full recorded period
100,287 recent · 75,577 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions300,289 articles in the full recorded period
100,274 recent · 75,562 prior
International Sports Competitions38,201 articles in the full recorded period
6,513 recent · 7,102 prior
International Political Relations34,705 articles in the full recorded period
7,151 recent · 6,419 prior
Olympic Games Coverage26,923 articles in the full recorded period
3,421 recent · 5,390 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy24,065 articles in the full recorded period
4,548 recent · 4,464 prior
Security And Defense Policies23,305 articles in the full recorded period
4,945 recent · 4,192 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements22,941 articles in the full recorded period
8,831 recent · 6,918 prior
Trade Wars And Geopolitical Impacts18,420 articles in the full recorded period
5,913 recent · 5,029 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Retail coverage across Japan

KeywordRecentPriorChange
countries3,9031,710128%
trade dispute mechanisms2,5001,56859%
top-rated vehicles2,290393483%
bilateral trade2,2081,29770%
preferential tariff1,6961,17744%
forex liquidity1,522368314%
exchange rates1,44383473%
tariff rate quota1,39890754%
mfn tariff1,27884951%
trade finance1,21986641%
honda forums12,414-100%
olympic team selections7871,768-55%
olympic trials8441,492-43%
summer olympics athletics2141,025-79%
sports in summer olympics145866-83%

Event and signal lenses

Retail coverage across Japan

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

817,418 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, countries

24.4% critical · 17.4% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

80,456 classified articles

inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, trade deficits fx

39.8% critical · 44.0% positive
Rising

Growth

223,762 classified articles

gdp growth rate, automotive segment growth, gdp acceleration

33.3% critical · 45.8% positive

Retail coverage across Japan. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — Japan

Compare demand signals in Japan’s newsflow with the retail categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01Against 2024-05-01 to 2025-05-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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4 Japan demand signals compared with mapped retail supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out66.70.0+66.7+66.4%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure66.750.0+16.7+51.7%
Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure66.7100.0-33.3+25.3%
Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction0.0—No matching category—+1.3%

Showing all 4 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.

Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. Japan is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Hong Kong213.4

Inflation & spending pressure

Tokyo168.3

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways

Aichi108.6

Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks

Kanagawa Prefecture84.3

Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways

Osaka84.3

Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways · Congestion & traffic friction

Gunma68.2

Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks

Ibaraki66.5

Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways · Inflation & spending pressure

Kochi53.2

Highways & expressways · Congestion & traffic friction · Inflation & spending pressure

Chiba37.6

Inflation & spending pressure · Congestion & traffic friction

Hyogo-Ken18.4

Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks

Hokkaido17.9

Inflation & spending pressure

Kyoto10.2

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks

Inside the leading signals

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CONNECTIVITY BUILD-OUTHighways & expressways+66.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.

12.63mentions per 10,000 articles+66.4%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • Marketplaces211
  • Commerce Enablers109

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of Japan coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

051116222024Q3: 92024Q32024Q4: 72024Q42025Q1: 52025Q12025Q2: 92025Q22025Q3: 102025Q32025Q4: 72025Q42026Q1: 182026Q1
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Highways & expressways in Japan coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3409.45
2024Q4327.07
2025Q1245.82
2025Q2309.2
2025Q33710.01
2025Q4287.76
2026Q16218.89

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Gunma57.5 / 10,000
Aichi43.7 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks+16.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

18.39mentions per 10,000 articles+51.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • Internet First Brands226
  • Marketplaces211

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of Japan coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

061219252024Q3: 132024Q32024Q4: 112024Q42025Q1: 112025Q12025Q2: 212025Q22025Q3: 162025Q32025Q4: 162025Q42026Q1: 122026Q1
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Layoffs & income shocks in Japan coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q35713.47
2024Q45111.26
2025Q14911.88
2025Q27021.46
2025Q36216.78
2025Q45916.35
2026Q14112.49

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Kanagawa Prefecture35.1 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSUREInflation & spending pressure-33.3percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.

97.8mentions per 10,000 articles+25.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • B2C E-Commerce718
  • Marketplaces211

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of Japan coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

033661001332024Q3: 992024Q32024Q4: 602024Q42025Q1: 652025Q12025Q2: 792025Q22025Q3: 812025Q32025Q4: 1122025Q42026Q1: 1152026Q1
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Inflation & spending pressure in Japan coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q342399.94
2024Q427360.28
2025Q126965.22
2025Q225979.4
2025Q330181.46
2025Q4406112.52
2026Q1379115.45

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Hong Kong213.4 / 10,000
Tokyo142.3 / 10,000
ACCESS FRICTIONCongestion & traffic friction—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.

11.11mentions per 10,000 articles+1.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of Japan coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

04812162024Q3: 82024Q32024Q4: 92024Q42025Q1: 132025Q12025Q2: 122025Q22025Q3: 132025Q32025Q4: 52025Q42026Q1: 102026Q1
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Congestion & traffic friction in Japan coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3348.03
2024Q4439.5
2025Q15613.58
2025Q24212.88
2025Q35113.8
2025Q4205.54
2026Q13310.05

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Aichi48.4 / 10,000
Kanagawa Prefecture35.1 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

Japan retail coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2017

Closely related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from retail meat, cows with mastitis, and humans in Japan

PLoS ONE

40 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2017

Detection of the <i>mcr‐1</i> gene in colistin‐resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> from retail meat in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

37 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2019

Advancing Sustainable Consumption in Korea and Japan—From Re-Orientation of Consumer Behavior to Civic Actions

Sustainability

33 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2022

An empirical study on repeat consumer\'s shopping satisfaction on C2C e-commerce in Japan: the role of value, trust and engagement

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

27 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

Japan coverage of this page's demand families

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Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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Retail in Japan: key questions

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What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

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