TOKYO —

Japan Post Service Co, a mail delivery unit of Japan Post Holdings Co, will open an online shopping mall site on Aug 18 for Chinese consumers and Japanese residents in China. The move reflects the popularity of Japanese products among Chinese tourists in Japan.

The site will be operated in both Chinese and Japanese. Customers will be able to pay for purchases with credit cards and have their orders sent to China by express mail service. At present, seven companies plan to have products on the mall, including Sanrio Co, Mizuno Corp and Tasaki Shinju Co. 

JCN

4 Comments

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  some14some at 09:18 AM JST - 10th August

  Two risk factors: China market and use of credit cards for shopping second, JP may become victim of fraud by companies offering their products online. More and more chinese people are visiting Japan for shopping purpose, that is safe and has enormous business potential for japanese companies.

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  Triple888 at 10:35 AM JST - 10th August

  Isn't it a bit late now. China's market isn't so easy to gain a foothold anymore.

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  DenshaDeGO at 11:12 AM JST - 10th August

  Japan Post: how about getting domestic operations running correctly before expanding?

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  PepinGalarga at 11:59 AM JST - 10th August

  Japan needs to tap the Chinese consumer markets to continue it's long term growth. However, just a website is not enough. Chinese people have access to cheap "hello kitty" knockoffs and may not want to spend the extra cash to get the real thing.

  i agree with Densha, they should perfect their market. They provide so many services now and most of them are not best in class.

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