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Japan’s FamilyMart gives old clothes new lease of life to reduce textile waste

South China Morning Post · · 203 words · By Kyodo
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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Some 560,000 tonnes of clothes are estimated to be thrown away in Japan each year”
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The provided evidence discusses clothing waste in Chile and the UK, but does not provide any data regarding the 560,000 tonnes figure for Japan.
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web search NEUTRAL — Some 59,000 tonnes of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile. Clothing merchants from the capital Santiago, 1,800km (1,100 miles) to the south, …
https://earthyroute.com/blogs/earthy-route-blogs/4-places-wh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Around 300,000 tonnes of clothing are discarded annually in household waste, with much of it ending up in landfill.
https://www.iseam.uk/clothing-alterations-uk/
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web search NEUTRAL — Although the amount of clothing being sent to landfill has fallen by 14% from 350,000 tonnes in 2012 to 300,000 in 2016 a staggering one-quarter is still binned rather than recycled. That is down from…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/11/uk-house…
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“about 70 per cent of new clothing supplied to the market [is thrown away in Japan each year]”
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The search results for this claim are completely irrelevant, discussing historical battles and calculators, with no mention of clothing waste percentages in Japan.
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web search NEUTRAL — There are 70 dead among Muhammad 's adversaries during the Battle of Badr. 70 of Muhammad's followers are martyred at the Battle of Uhud. In Shia Islam, there are 70 martyrs among Imam Hussein 's foll…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_(number)
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“Select FamilyMart convenience stores in Japan have installed boxes to collect used clothing and household goods for reuse”
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One source (konbiniDB) mentions FamilyMart and Bookoff launching a clothing collection, which supports the claim, but the other provided results are generic company information or about ATMs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Japanese convenience stores, commonly known as “konbini,” have once again launched an incredible campaign that is sure to delight us. This time, the spotlight is on FamilyMart, a popular convenience s…
https://konbinidb.com/en/news/familymart/33351/
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web search NEUTRAL — FamilyMart Official Website. Information on ATMs, credit cards, available products, tax-free shop, and in-store services.
https://www.family.co.jp/for_tourist/en.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Seven Bank will install about 16,000 ATMs in FamilyMart stores nationwide over four years, expanding cash and cashless services. The FamilyMart agreement strengthens Seven Bank’s ATM leadership and su…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/seven-ba…
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“In a trial launched jointly with Bookoff Group Holdings... boxes were installed in around 30 FamilyMart stores in residential areas of Tokyo”
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The konbiniDB source confirms a partnership between FamilyMart and Bookoff for clothing collection, but the specific detail about '30 stores in residential Tokyo' is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — FamilyMart Company, Ltd. is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain, and a subsidiary of Itochu, a Japanese trading company. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind Seven-Ele…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FamilyMart
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web search NEUTRAL — FamilyMart - FamilyMart, a leading Japanese convenience store (widely known as a "Konbini"), and BOOKOFF, a company famous for buying and selling second-hand items
https://konbinidb.com/en/news/familymart/366325/
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web search NEUTRAL — FamilyMart Official Website. Information on ATMs, credit cards, available products, tax-free shop, and in-store services.At FamilyMart, you can find rice balls, hot snacks, sweet treats, beverages, co…
https://www.family.co.jp/for_tourist/en.html
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“Bookoff plans to sell some of the collected items overseas, including to Malaysia”
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Multiple sources confirm Bookoff Group Holdings operates in Malaysia and is a reuse retailer specializing in secondhand goods.
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web search NEUTRAL — BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED has achieved steady and sustainable growth as Japan’s leading reuse retailer. The company operates approximately 850 stores worldwide, including directly managed and fra…
https://www.theworldfolio.com/company/bookoff-group-holdings…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd is listed and trades on the Tokyo stock exchange.Bookoff Group Holdings Limited operates secondhand book and other goods stores in the Japan, Malaysia, the United States, an…
https://www.investing.com/equities/bookoff-corp-ltd
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web search NEUTRAL — BOOKOFF Group Holdings Ltd. engages in the management of its group companies that operates re-use shops and Bookoff online businesses. It operates through following segments: Domestic Book-Off Busines…
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TSE-9278/financials-over…
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“FamilyMart said that clothing deemed unsuitable for reuse would be recycled into new fibre”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant forum posts about Disney and does not mention FamilyMart's recycling processes.
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https://www.disboards.com/threads/debt-dumpers-2026.3975985/…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 17, 2012 · I need to get a new phone for my daughter. Hers is cracked so worthless for trade in with ATT - I’ve been hoping for a sale but haven’t looked for anywhere for one in so long I’m cluele…
https://www.disboards.com/threads/new-disney-gift-card-deals…
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“Itochu Corporation, the parent company of FamilyMart, formed a capital tie-up with Bookoff Group in February”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of Google Maps documentation and is entirely irrelevant to the corporate relationship between Itochu and Bookoff.
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the world with Google Maps, featuring Street View, 3D mapping, turn-by-turn directions, and indoor maps across your devices.
https://maps.google.com.au/mapfiles/home3.html
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web search NEUTRAL — The mapping data is protected by international copyright laws and international copyright conventions. Your use of mapping data is permitted only for personal use (unless you are a business user where…
https://maps.google.com.au/help/legalnotices_maps/
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web search NEUTRAL — How to quickly map data from a spreadsheet, style points and shapes, and give your map a beautiful base map. Then share your map with friends or embed on your website.
https://maps.google.com.au/intl/en_au/earth/outreach/learn/v…
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“FamilyMart’s existing food drive charity programme... has been implemented in about 4,900 of its 16,400 stores nationwide”
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The evidence discusses new food products and general profits, but does not provide the specific numbers (4,900 of 16,400 stores) for the food drive charity program.
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web search NEUTRAL — FamilyMart - Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart is launching another noteworthy new product. This time, it's a pouch-packaged dish supervised by Masahiro.
https://konbinidb.com/en/news/familymart/19145/
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web search NEUTRAL — TOKYO ― Japanese trading house Itochu on Wednesday posted 438.4 billion yen ($2.9 billion) in net profit for the six months to end-September, up 6 percent from a year earlier, on non-resource items, i…
https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/11/07/business/foreign-busi…
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web search NEUTRAL — In December 2025, FamilyMart announced a new wave of store experiments that bring together food, clothing and living essentials with elements of play, entertainment and IP-driven engagement.
https://blooloop.com/familymart-entertainment/
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