Toshifumi Suzuki, the convenience store pioneer who built 7-Eleven into a fixture of daily life in Japan, died on May 18. He was 93. Seven & i, the Japanese operator of the 7-Elev ...

Suzuki, honorary adviser to Seven & i Holdings, died  of heart failure at his home in Tokyo on 18 May, the company announced today.

Toshifumi Suzuki, the former chairman of Seven & i Holdings and founder of Seven-Eleven Japan, has died at 93. Credited with transforming Japan’s retail industry, Suzuki introduced the convenience ...

Your neighborhood convenience store may be getting a lot more convenient soon thanks to an injection of Japanese retail culture and maybe some rice balls, too. In Japan, convenience stores are called ...

Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life, and 7-Eleven is the country’s dominant chain. They are a place to shop, pay bills and gather during disasters. By Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit another record high in 2025, ...

Toshifumi Suzuki, the businessman credited with building 7-Eleven Japan into a global convenience-store empire, has died at 93. Parent company Seven & i Holdings announced Monday that Suzuki died of ...