A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, pictured in April 2019.
Mandatory Credit:	Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, pictured in April 2019.
Mandatory Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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7-Eleven targeted by Circle K owner for huge convenience store tie-up

The Canadian owner of Circle K convenience stores has made a bid to buy 7-Eleven in what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company on record and the largest cross-border acquisition this year.