Japan Post Service Co., a mail delivery unit of Japan Post Holdings Co. will open an online shopping mall site for Chinese consumers and Japanese residents in China. Customers will be able to pay for purchases with credit cards and have their orders sent to China by express mail service.

The site is to open on Aug. 18. Seven companies plan to have products on the mall. Japan Post Service is targeting 300,000 shipments in fiscal 2014. (JCNNetwork)

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