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Ministop

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Japanese convenience store chain

Ministop Co., Ltd. (ミニストップ株式会社, Minisutoppu Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 9946), a member of AEON, operates the Ministop convenience store franchise chain in Japan. Unlike most other convenience stores in Japan, Ministop stores feature a kitchen that prepares sandwiches, snacks and take out bento boxes on demand, and has a seating area where customers can sit down and eat immediately.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 21, 1980Founded1

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  • Ticker9946 on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  • Industryconvenience store1
  • HeadquartersAEON Tower1
  • Websitewww.ministop.co.jp/in/en
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Bentendori, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture 231-0007, Japan
Photo: Donnie28, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Ministop Co., Ltd. (ミニストップ株式会社, Minisutoppu Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 9946), a member of AEON, operates the Ministop convenience store franchise chain in Japan. Unlike most other convenience stores in Japan, Ministop stores feature a kitchen that prepares sandwiches, snacks and take out bento boxes on demand, and has a seating area where customers can sit down and eat immediately.2

Products and brands

Products

The usual Japanese convenience store goods are available, such as magazines, manga comic books, soft drinks, contraceptives, onigiri; services include bill payment, photocopying, ticket purchase for events and ATM access. Ministop also has its own unique brand of fast food. The menu varies according to season and periodical promotions. A typical selection might include hot dogs, sandwiches, frozen desserts such as their flagship soft serve ice cream, kariman and chūkaman—baozi-style buns with various fillings.

International operations

As of 2024, Ministop operates 164 stores in Vietnam, and is currently the only operation outside Japan.

Former operations

Ministop also operated in China and Kazakhstan.

South Korea

The first Ministop store in South Korea opened in November 1990 in Mok-dong, as a joint-venture with Daesang Corporation; Ministop bought Daesang's stake in the venture in 2003. As of October 2017, there were 2418 operating Ministop stores.https://minstop.com/

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In January 2022, Lotte Corporation acquired the entire stake of Ministop Korea Co. for 313.37 billion won ($263 million). All the Ministop store were gradually converted to 7-Eleven after acquisition.

Philippines

In December of 2000, the Japan-based convenience store chain Ministop made its way to the Philippines, being brought to the country by Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. in partnership with Ministop Japan and Mitsubishi Corporation. In January 2022, Robinsons Group assumed full ownership of the Ministop business in the Philippines with 460 branches. It was announced that the stores would be rebranded as Uncle John's, after the flagship fried chicken product sold in the Philippine market since 2006.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ministop, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Jul 6, 1993Went public Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  2. May 21, 1980Founded Founded1

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