date:Jun 25, 2014
alise the world's third-largest economy.
A self-professed sports lover who served on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid committee, Niinami pushed overseas expansion and mergers and acquisitions during his time at Lawson, and actively hired non-Japanese graduates as future management candidates. The convenience store company is on its way to a 12th straight year of operating profit growth in the current business year ending next February.
The appointment of Niinami, set to be confirmed at a board meeti