Tokyo, May 8.
Moving to meet a steady demand for Japanese. goods by Japanese colonists in Hawaii and along the west coast of the United States, a U.S.$500,000 department store will soon make its appearance in Honolulu, the "Tokyo Nichi-Nichi" reported today. The new establishment will receive its supplies from the Mitsukoshi department store, Oldest venture of its kind in Japan. Special arrangements whereby the Hawaii firm will be permitted to use the Mitsukoshi trade mark will be concluded.
Mr. Takeo Kagaw representing the new enterprise will arrive in Tokyo on May 28 to conclude the necessary contracts, the "Nichi-Nichi" added.
Named Mitukosi House, the department store is to open on King's Road in Honolulu. It was understood to be backed by a powerful banking combine.
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