Hirotake Yano, the billionaire founder of Japanese discount retailer Daiso, has died of heart failure, aged 80. In a statement released on Monday, the firm said he passed away on 12 February and a ...

Hirotake Yano, who founded the retail chain Daiso known for 100-yen shops, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store, has died. He was 80. Yano died Feb. 12 of heart failure, Daiso Industries Co.

Hirotake Yano, the founder of the operator of Daiso, Japan’s first and largest 100-yen shop chain, died of cardiac failure on Feb. 12. He was 80. His funeral was attended by close family members ...

(Bloomberg) -- Hirotake Yano, the founder of Japanese discount retailer Daiso Industries Co., has died of a heart failure. He was 80. He passed away in Hiroshima on Feb. 12, according to a company ...