Japan's Seibu opens upscale department store in Malaysia

Fortress Investment-owned brand follows Japanese peers back to Southeast Asia

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The new Seibu store at The Exchange TRX mall in Kuala Lumpur is bigger than the Japanese chain's two Indonesia locations. (Photo by Mayuko Tani)

MOE SAITO and MAYUKO TANI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR -- Japan's Sogo & Seibu opened a high-end department store in Malaysia on Wednesday as compatriots try again to crack Southeast Asian markets with new approaches.

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