MANILA -- Nitori, Japan’s largest furniture and home-furnishing retail chain, will open its first store in the Philippines on April 18 at the Mitsukoshi BGC in Taguig.

Nitori has long been seeking the opportunities to enter and expand its stores in the country as it plans to operate 3,000 stores and achieve sales of 3 trillion yen by 2032.

“We are going to accelerate the expansion of our business within the Asian region, which is expected to achieve significant economic growth over the long term and serves as the core of the supply chain that supports the Nitori Group,” Nitori's founder, billionaire Akio Nitori, said.

“We are very grateful that the total number of our stores will reach 1,000 by the end of this month. We will further accelerate the pace of our store openings, aiming for 200 each year, to capitalize on the growth of Asia and to meet the needs of our customers in the region. We are very pleased to be able to bring Nitori products to more countries, regions, and customers,” he added.

The Nitori Group also has a wide range of businesses such as Deco Home stores that sell home-furnishing products with a focus on daily necessities, Shimachu home improvement stores that sell hardware, daily goods and furniture, and N Plus stores that sell apparel for adult women.

The brand has opened 822 stores in Japan and 179 stores in foreign countries/regions around the world, such as Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.