日本亞馬遜增加酒類直銷

Last month the Mainichi News on-line reported the following:

アマゾンジャパン:酒類を直販

毎日新聞　2014年04月08日　22時55分（最終更新　04月08日　23時03分）

　インターネット通販大手のアマゾンジャパン（東京）は８日、酒類の販売を自社で開始したと発表した。サイトに出店している事業者が既に酒類を販売しているが、自社で新たに５０００品目以上の販売を始め、取り扱う商品は計１５万品目以上になるという。

　自社商品はビールやワインに加え、４７都道府県の日本酒１０００品目以上と、焼酎１４００品目以上を販売し、ウイスキーの品ぞろえにも力を入れたという。（共同）

(試譯文)

It was announced on the 8^th (April) that Amazon Japan (Tokyo), a major Internet mail-ordering company, would start the sale of liquor in its companies. Although the entrepreneur had opened shops on site and had already been selling liquor, it was said that sale of over 5000 new items would began at its companies, and the goods to be dealt with could be over 150,000 items.

Regarding the company’s selling goods, in addition to beer and wine, together with sake from all the 47 prefectures, in total over 1000 items were on sale; over 1400 items of white distilled liquor would also be sold. It was said that efforts would also be put into the whiskey products collection.

Obviously Amazon is expanding its business in Japan.