It seemed like an extraordinary display of patriotism and unity: Japan’s biggest companies would come together to save their own, whether ailing carmaker Nissan Motor Co. or besieged convenience store ...

Alimentation Couche-Tard took its case for its $47 billion takeover of Seven & i straight to the Japanese public on Thursday, ...

Last week, Seven & i disclosed that the heirs of Seven & i founder Masatoshi Ito and Itochu Corp. were unable to arrange financing for a definitive offer to buy the company, which had been ...

Junro Ito is Seven & i's vice president and the son of late Masatoshi Ito, founder of Seven & i. Ito-Kogyo is a company affiliated with the vice president, and is Seven & i's second-largest ...