Walmart has joined forces with Japanese retailer Rakuten to open its first e - commerce store in Japan . The two previously launched book and e - commerce online sales in the US and added an e - grocery operation in October . The Walmart Rakuten Ichiba Store is aimed at giving the US retail giant space in Japan ’s estimated $ 148bn per year e - commerce market . The store will sell 1,200 consumer - branded products , branded clothing , outdoor products and children ’s toys , which will be shipped to Japan from the US . Neither firm has said how long the delivery process would take .
Walmart has joined forces with Japanese retailer Rakuten to open its first e-commerce store in Japan. The two previously launched book and e-reader online sales in the US and added an e-grocery operation in October. The Walmart Rakuten Ichiba Store is aimed at giving the US retail giant space in Japan’s estimated $148bn per year e-commerce market. The store will sell 1,200 US-branded products, including clothing, outdoor products and children’s toys, which will be flown to Japan from the US. Neither firm has said how long the delivery process would take.