Toshifumi Suzuki, Japan’s ‘God’ of Convenience Stores Dies at 93
Toshifumi Suzuki, the convenience store pioneer who built 7-Eleven into a fixture of daily life in Japan, died last week of heart failure. He was 93. Seven & i, the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven franchise where Mr. Suzuki served as an honorary adviser, confirmed his death on Monday. Over four decades leading 7-Eleven Japan,…