After 30 years in Japan, Starbucks has remade cafe culture
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Coffee chain’s connection to Japan began with a single letter sent in the US
Starbucks Japan’s first store when it opened in Tokyo in 1996. (Starbucks Coffee Japan)
TOKYO — Starbucks Coffee will mark 30 years in Japan in August, and during that time it has grown from an upstart from the U.S. to the nation’s largest cafe chain with over 2,000 stores.
