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SEIBU

The Yodobashi-Ikebukuro commercial complex at the east exit of Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2026
Yodobashi-Ikebukuro commercial complex opens after full renovation
The building, which previously housed Sogo & Seibu¡¯s flagship Seibu Ikebukuro department store, also houses sporting and variety goods stores and restaurants.
Japan¡¯s iconic department stores, once central to urban culture, are rapidly declining due to e-commerce growth, tourism-driven sales and changing consumer behavior.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2026
Has the death of the department store reached Japan?
Many thought Seibu would be one of the few landmarks to survive. Yet the owners were unable to renew terms with the Shibuya landowners, and it will close after nearly 60 years.
Seibu department store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2026
Sogo & Seibu to close Shibuya store in September
The company failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension with the rights holder for the land and buildings housing the store over the redevelopment of the site.
A lobby lounge of a luxury hotel inside Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2024
Blackstone nears $2.6 billion deal to buy Seibu¡¯s Tokyo complex
Any sale around that amount would make it one of the most expensive single real estate transactions in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2024
Seibu may sell 36-story Tokyo office building for ?300 billion, sources say
Japan¡¯s highest value property transaction is currently the ?436 billion sale by the government in 2022 of its stake in another Tokyo office building.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2016
Former world¡¯s richest man Tsutsumi settles suit with Seibu
Hotel and train operator Seibu Holdings Inc. settled legal claims by its units against ex-chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi and four former managers over damages related to the falsification of shareholder records that led to the company¡¯s delisting a decade ago.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Oct 10, 2015
Fashion premieres and opening ceremonies
October debut for Gaultier¡¯s Sept Premieres
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 5, 2014
From umbrellas with feet to miniature ice-fishing polar bears, On: Design goes clever-quirky
Fishing for a good cuppa
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2014
Chagrined Seibu cuts IPO value 73%
Seibu Holdings Inc., owner of Japan¡¯s biggest hotel chain, reduced the size of its initial public offering by at least 73 percent with its largest shareholder opting out after investors balked at the valuation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2013
Cerberus needs cooperation of Mizuho for next Seibu tack: Gomi
Cerberus Capital Management LP, the biggest shareholder of Seibu Holdings Inc., should approach Mizuho Financial Group Inc. to help it narrow its differences with the hotel operator, said Hirofumi Gomi, a former candidate for the Seibu board.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2013
Cerberus impasse with Seibu appears set to drag on
How the public battle between U.S. private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and Seibu Holdings Inc. over management of the struggling railway and hotel operator remains unclear even after the Seibu shareholders¡¯ meeting Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2013
Saitama urges Seibu to keep Chichibu Line open
Saitama Gov. Kiyoshi Ueda and other local leaders are making their case to Seibu Holdings Inc. to keep the Seibu Chichibu Line open as rumors swirl that the firm¡¯s biggest shareholder is demanding that the unprofitable railway section be abandoned.

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