Originally Posted by
lobsterdog
Just for some perspective, 100 stores is well under one percent of the 14,000 Lawson stores in Japan.
Yes, that is correct. However, Lawson will not be the only business which will be doing this on January 1, 2020. Past five years or so trend is that more and more businesses were closing during New Year, some major department stores has decided to close their stores on New Year. It is enough so that change is noticeable by locals. I think pretty much most will agree that trend of Jan. 1, 2020 New Year is that more business will decide to close compare with New Year 2019, New Year 2018, etc.