TOKYO -- Seven & i Holdings announced on Thursday that Executive Officer Tomohiro Akutsu, 54, will lead the company's domestic convenience store subsidiary, Seven-Eleven Japan.
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Tomohiro Akutsu is tasked with improving convenience store profitability in Japan's saturated market. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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