right yaohan co., ltd. (æ ªå¼ä¼ç¤¾ã¤ãªãã³ kabushiki kaisha yaohan), or yaohan (japanese: ã¤ãªãã³ or å«ç¾å; chinese: å«ä½°ä¼´) was a japanese retail group. the company was founded in 1930 by ryohei wada (åç° è¯å¹³ wada ryohei) and incorporated in 1948. initially a single shop, it later expanded into a major supermarket chain with most retail outlets located in shizuoka prefecture, south of tokyo. it was listed on tokyo stock exchange. the store was far more established and notable outside japan, such that by the time it opened its first store in the tokyo metropolitan area, the company was already in a state of decline due to accumulated debts from over-expansion. ==growth==  thumb|yaohan store in little tokyo, alameda street, los angeles, usa during the 1990s, the yaohan group expanded dramatically outside japan, especially into hong kong (since 1984), the people's republic of china (since 1995) and the usa. at its peak, it had 450 outlets in 16 countries, including 9 in hong kong, as well in sÃ£o paulo, san josÃ© (costa rica), sorocaba (inside local coach station), los angeles, vancouver, honolulu, london, and san jose, california. yaohan's first american location, at fresno, calif., was opened in 1979. ===malaysia=== the first yaohan store was opened in the mall, kuala lumpur in 1987. it was later followed by plaza oug at taman oug in jalan klang lama, and komtar, penang. later it opened in terminal 1, seremban in 1996 and sunway pyramid, subang jaya in sept 1997. all former stores were replaced by aktif lifestyle corporation bhd. and later parkson. ===singapore=== its first store to open in singapore in 1974 at plaza singapura revolutionised the grocery shopping experience in singapore, and it quickly became a household name.15th jamco online international symposium / telecasted images from japan: refracting reality and fantasy among broadcast consumers in singapore other stores were also opened in thomson plaza (1979), bukit timah (1982), jurong (1983), and parkway parade (1983).siam future : seiyu singapore posts first full-year net profit the jurong store was closed in 1989, and a new store planned at the imm shopping mall was due to open in 1990. the sixth store was supposed to open in kovan shopping centre in 1993.[ht
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