BUSINESS: Research + Stats Online Grocery Shopping Is Popular in Japan By Staff Monday, December 10, 2018 12:41 PM Recently, the website Statisa, which specializes in data visualization, examined the popularity of online grocery shopping in Japan, a country known for its “well-oiled service industry and its fondness of around-the-clock convenience,” as writer Julia Engelmann noted. Since the busy lifestyle of many of the country’s citizens demands efficiency in both professional and private life, online shopping experiences, including smooth, tailor-made door-to-door delivery provided by highly developed distribution channels, are growing in popularity. Japan is not only one of the world’s largest e-commerce markets, but one of the fastest growing, too. Therefore, it may not come as a surprise that large retail chains are increasingly dipping into the waters of online food retail. The Japanese e-grocery landscape is dominated by domestic online stores, with large grocers leading the popularity rankings among Japanese consumers. According to a survey conducted by the online market research provider Dimsdrive, Japanese supermarket chain Aeon was the most popular destination for buying groceries online among the respondents, followed by Ito-Yokado and Seiyu with approximately 39 and 25 percent respectively.