Where it comes from
The line in the source
The first store opened in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, in 1998 (advertimes)
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Record
First store, 1998
1998
ReportedReported by a reliable secondary source, or read carefully from filed documents.
Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.