They have been found in the basement level of Japanese department stores since the 1920's.

The store will also have an art gallery, common in Japanese department stores.

But it's a Japanese department store, not an American one.

Japanese department stores were open, but customers did not get the traditional greeting at the door.

Another origin of Japanese department store is that from railway company.

In Japanese department stores, they dedicate one floor to an art gallery.

"When you walk into a Japanese department store, it looks modern, but they are really very conservative.

It was the first Japanese department store in the United States.

Japanese department stores are renowned for their service.

However Japanese department stores began to appear in the 1960s, and within a generation's time became the dominant force in the market.

They were sitting in the basement of the Japanese department store Takashimaya.

That is a bargain here compared with Japanese department stores and the official branches of those same boutiques.

It remained unclear whether sales at Japanese department stores would improve in May, the association said.

"On the streets or beside a tennis court or in a Japanese department store, they are all viable at this point."

Isetan - This branch of the Japanese department store chain has six stories.

If you buy your gifts at a Japanese department store, they will be wrapped for you by a shop assistant.

Okajima, who wears only five-toed socks while playing baseball, said they are available in Japanese department stores.

He said that a primary Japanese department store or chain-store organization would be particularly interested in Saks.

Matsuya is a Japanese department store.

I went to the Japanese department with Prof. Morse who is a well-known lecturer.

Japanese department stores differ from those in the West in that they not only sell goods but also organise cultural events of importance.

In the late 1970s, Daimaru was the first Japanese department store to open in Thailand.

It is not to be confused with the Japanese department store Isetan, which only has one letter 'n.'

He believes the fading dominance of the Japanese department store is creating the opportunity for retailers like Barneys.

Female employees at most Japanese department stores wear uniforms, not just on the sales floors but in the merchandising offices upstairs.