TOKYO -- Germany's Metro AG will soon join a long list of foreign retail groups that have been forced to exit Japan.
It would be a mistake, however, to blame the failures on a clash of business cultures. Icons like McDonald's and Starbucks are able to thrive here. So the nagging question remains: what makes Japan's retail market so impenetrable?
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