Companies in Japan have long avoided foreign acquisitions. But Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard’s recent unsolicited bid for the owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain is testing that premise. The FT’s Tokyo bureau chief Leo Lewis examines how these events could shape corporate Japan’s future.

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For further reading:

The takeover fight that could reshape Japan

After 7-Eleven, Japan’s M&A scene may never be the same again

7-Eleven bid is the next stage in revitalising corporate Japan

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