Japanese convenience store chain Lawson delisted from Tokyo stock exchange after 24 years

TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc. was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, ending its 24-year-long history as a public company, following a takeover bid by KDDI Corp. earlier this year, local media reported.

The tender offer followed an agreement between telecom carrier KDDI and Lawson's parent company, trading house Mitsubishi Corp., to take the convenience