Japan's biggest supermarket chain, Aeon, will branch out to Myanmar as the first major Japanese retailer in the country.
The project calls for setting up a representative's office here in March to lay the groundwork for launching a shopping mall in Yangon by 2016, Xinhua reported Monday citing its sources.
The Myanmar government has revamped the nation's foreign investment law, allowing foreign retailers to invest in large-scale retailing business.
Aeon already has retailing operations in China, Malaysia and Thailand.
Last month, it opened a shopping mall in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. It also plans to expand its operation in Vietnam by 2020.
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