Japanese retailer Muji has been fined 200,000 yuan ($31,300) in Shanghai for using packaging that lists Taiwan as a country, underscoring China's growing sensitivity to how companies refer to the ...

Ryohin Keikaku, the Tokyo-based company behind Muji, promptly changed the packaging of the hangers and apologized for violating local laws, spokesman Yasuaki Inoue told CNNMoney on Thursday.

Muji, a well-known clothing, stationery and lifestyle shop on Dublin’s Chatham Street, has permanently closed after two decades in business.

One of Japan’s most iconic retailers has run into trouble in China over the politically sensitive issue of Taiwan. Muji — which is known for its household goods, clothes and stationery — was ...

Muji, which is owned by Ryohin Keikaku Co, imported 119 clothes hangers from Japan last year in packaging that marked Taiwan as the "country of origin", the Shanghai Administration for Industry ...

Muji was found to have failed to inspect the packaging properly and therefore was deemed guilty of impairing China's national "dignity or interests" in its advertising, the Shanghai authorities said.

Ryohin Keikaku, the Tokyo-based company behind Muji, promptly changed the packaging of the hangers and apologized for violating local laws, spokesman Yasuaki Inoue told CNNMoney on Thursday.