JAPANESE MAD ABOUT DISCOUNT DRUGSTORE From: The Columbian | Date: January 23, 2000| Author: YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Columbian

01-23-2000

TOKYO -- Wearing miniskirts and glittery eye makeup, 15-year-old Ami Morimoto and her high school friends are typical of the crowd in the Shibuya district, Tokyo's hottest hangout for youngsters.
Their destination is Matsumoto Kiyoshi, a retailer that has emerged as fad-loving Japan's latest darling. But Matsu-Kiyo, as it's known, isn't a boutique or fast-food restaurant it's a discount drugstore chain that, with its cluttered shel...

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