Japan’s YOKU MOKU opens flagship branch in UAE

Japan’s YOKU MOKU opens flagship branch in UAE

Premium Confections Bring Smiles to UAE Residents

Dubai, UAE: Japanese culture has livened up City Center Mirdif today with the opening of YOKU MOKU’s flagship branch in the UAE. His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Abdul Salam Al Madani, PAM Roving Ambassador for the GCC and Chairman of INDEX Holding, was in attendance to celebrate the opening and commence the inauguration ceremony alongside Mr. RYUNO Shoji, Deputy Consul-General of Japan in Dubai, to show support and display the strength of UAE and Japanese relations. Accompanying them was Mr. Sohei Nishino, Chief Marketing Officer of YOKU MOKU; and Eng. Anas Al Madani, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of INDEX Holding – an Emirati owned and operated organization that is the master franchisee of the brand.

As a long-established confectionery manufacturer with its founding shop in Aoyama, Tokyo, and having more than 100 stores around the world, which now includes two in Dubai and two in Bahrain, the premium confections are becoming more favorable within the GCC due to their fine, delicate, and sweet nature. The opening of the new store comes at a time when UAE and Japan marked a celebratory 50 years of diplomatic relations earlier in the year, a close ally since the