The first Starbucks location outside North America opened in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996.[28] Starbucks entered the U.K. market in 1998 with the $83 million[29] USD acquisition of the then 56-outlet, UK-based Seattle Coffee Company, re-branding all the stores as Starbucks. In September 2002, Starbucks opened its first store in Latin America, at Mexico City. Currently there are over 500 locations in Mexico.