Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

TOKYO, Japan, March 6 Kyodo - Seven & i Holdings Co.'s outside director and next president Stephen Dacus shakes hands with the current president, Ryuichi Isaka, following a press conference held in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, to announce the reshuffle. (Kyodo)

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings press conference. Photo shows, from right, President-elect Stephen Hayes Dacus and President Ryuichi Isaka.=March 6,2025,Tokyo

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings press conference. Photo shows, from right, President-elect Stephen Hayes Dacus and President Ryuichi Isaka.=March 6,2025,Tokyo

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings press conference. Photo shows President Ryuichi Isaka.=March 6,2025,Tokyo

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings press conference. Photo shows, from right, President-elect Stephen Hayes Dacus and President Ryuichi Isaka.=March 6,2025,Tokyo

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings press conference. Photo shows, from right, President-elect Stephen Hayes Dacus and President Ryuichi Isaka.=March 6,2025,Tokyo

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings Press Conference

Seven & i Holdings press conference. Photo shows, from right, President-elect Stephen Hayes Dacus and President Ryuichi Isaka.=March 6,2025,Tokyo

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i Holdings Co.'s outside director and next president Stephen Dacus (R) shakes hands with the current president, Ryuichi Isaka, following a press conference held in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, to announce the reshuffle.

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i Holdings Co.'s outside director and next president Stephen Dacus (R) shakes hands with the current president, Ryuichi Isaka, following a press conference held in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, to announce the reshuffle.

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i Holdings Co.'s outside director and next president Stephen Dacus (R) and the current president, Ryuichi Isaka, hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, to announce the reshuffle.

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i Holdings Co.'s outside director and next president Stephen Dacus (R) and the current president, Ryuichi Isaka, hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, to announce the reshuffle.

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i names director Dacus as CEO

Seven & i Holdings Co.'s outside director and next president Stephen Dacus (R) and the current president, Ryuichi Isaka, hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, to announce the reshuffle.

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka gives an interview in Tokyo on April 27, 2023.

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka gives an interview in Tokyo on April 27, 2023.

Seven & i Holdings President Isaka

Seven & i Holdings President Isaka

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka speaks during a symposium in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, on June 8, 2023.

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka gives an interview in Tokyo on April 27, 2023.

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Interview with Seven & i Holdings president

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka gives an interview in Tokyo on April 27, 2023.

Seven-Eleven stores offer some city office services

Seven-Eleven stores offer some city office services

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka (3rd from L) and others cut the ribbon at a Seven-Eleven store in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010, marking the start of a new service enabling customers to issue certification of residence and personal seals at some of their convenience stores, instead of going to city offices. The service will be extended to all of about 12,600 Seven-Eleven outlets in 38 of 47 prefectures in Japan by May.

Seven & I releases wines with global private brand

Seven & I releases wines with global private brand

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka (2nd from R) lines up with other people concerned to show off the wine that Seven & I Holdings Co. released under the private brand label Yosemite Road in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2009.

Seven Eleven to shoulder 15% of costs in disposing of unsold items

Seven Eleven to shoulder 15% of costs in disposing of unsold items

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 23. The nation's biggest convenience store chain operator said it will introduce a new system on July 1 in which it will shoulder 15 percent of the commodity cost of unsold products such as boxed lunches that are disposed of after their expiry dates at its franchise stores.

Seven-Eleven Japan slapped for banning discount sales

Seven-Eleven Japan slapped for banning discount sales

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka (R) speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 22 after the Fair Trade Commission ordered the company earlier in the day to stop the practice of unfairly banning its franchise stores from selling food products at discount prices.

Seven-Eleven Japan slapped for banning discount sales

Seven-Eleven Japan slapped for banning discount sales

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka (R) speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 22 after the Fair Trade Commission ordered the company earlier in the day to stop the practice of unfairly banning its franchise stores from selling food products at discount prices. (Kyodo)

Seven Eleven to shoulder 15% of costs in disposing of unsold item

Seven Eleven to shoulder 15% of costs in disposing of unsold item

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 23. The nation's biggest convenience store chain operator said it will introduce a new system on July 1 in which it will shoulder 15 percent of the commodity cost of unsold products such as boxed lunches that are disposed of after their expiry dates at its franchise stores. (Kyodo)

Seven & i shareholders OK 1st top management change in 24 yrs

Seven & i shareholders OK 1st top management change in 24 yrs

Ryuichi Isaka (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 26, 2016, after being promoted to president of Seven & i Holdings Co. at a shareholders' meeting. The promotion of Isaka, 58, who became president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co. in 2009, came after U.S. activist investor Daniel Loeb, whose hedge fund Third Point LLC holds a considerable stake in the retail giant, supported him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i holds shareholders meeting

Seven & i holds shareholders meeting

Shareholders of Seven & i Holdings Co. arrive at the venue of their general meeting in Tokyo on May 26, 2016, to approve the new leadership with Ryuichi Isaka as president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i holds shareholders meeting

Seven & i holds shareholders meeting

Shareholders of Seven & i Holdings Co. arrive at the venue of their general meeting in Tokyo on May 26, 2016, to approve the new leadership with Ryuichi Isaka as president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i promotes Isaka to president after power tussle

Seven & i promotes Isaka to president after power tussle

Undated combined photo shows Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka (L) and Vice President Kazuki Furuya. Seven & i Holdings Co. said on April 19, 2016, that it will promote Isaka to president of the holding company and Furuya will succeed Isaka as president of the convenience store chain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i CEO Suzuki announces resignation after years at helm

Seven & i CEO Suzuki announces resignation after years at helm

Toshifumi Suzuki, chief executive officer of Seven & i Holdings Co, announces his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on April 7, 2016, ending years as the leader of the Japanese retail giant. The announcement came after the company board voted down a proposal put forward by Suzuki to oust Ryuichi Isaka, president of convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven-Eleven to fully adopt quick duty-free checkout system

Seven-Eleven to fully adopt quick duty-free checkout system

Ryuichi Isaka (R), president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co., announces in Tokyo on July 9, 2015, that the convenience store chain operator will introduce a new checkout system for quick duty-free procedures at 1,000 stores by the end of July and at 2,000 more by the end of the current business year through next March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven-Eleven stores offer some city office services

Seven-Eleven stores offer some city office services

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka (3rd from L) and others cut the ribbon at a Seven-Eleven store in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010, marking the start of a new service enabling customers to issue certification of residence and personal seals at some of their convenience stores, instead of going to city offices. The service will be extended to all of about 12,600 Seven-Eleven outlets in 38 of 47 prefectures in Japan by May. (Kyodo)

Seven & i to acquire U.S. convenience store for $21 bil

Seven & i to acquire U.S. convenience store for $21 bil

Undated photo shows Ryuichi Isaka, president of Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. The company said on Aug. 3, 2020, its U.S. unit 7-Eleven Inc. will acquire convenience store chain Speedway for $21 billion.

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka releases a drastic restructuring plan in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2019, including cutting about 3,000 jobs at unprofitable stores across the nation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka releases a drastic restructuring plan in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2019, including cutting about 3,000 jobs at unprofitable stores across the nation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka releases a drastic restructuring plan in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2019, including cutting about 3,000 jobs at unprofitable stores across the nation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka releases a drastic restructuring plan in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2019, including cutting about 3,000 jobs at unprofitable stores across the nation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

Drastic manpower cuts at Seven and i Holdings

File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2019, shows an outlet of the Ito Yokado supermarket chain operated by Seven & i Holdings Co. Its President Ryuichi Isaka released a drastic restructuring plan on Oct. 10, 2019, including cutting about 3,000 jobs at unprofitable stores across the nation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i teams up with fellow retailer Izumi

Seven & i teams up with fellow retailer Izumi

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka meets the press in Tokyo on April 5, 2018, to announce a plan to team up with retail chain Izumi Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i teams up with fellow retailer Izumi

Seven & i teams up with fellow retailer Izumi

Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka meets the press in Tokyo on April 5, 2018, to announce a plan to team up with retail chain Izumi Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i, Askul to team up in online business

Seven & i, Askul to team up in online business

Ryuichi Isaka (R), president of retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co., and Shoichiro Iwata, president of mail-order office equipment supplier Askul Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on July 6, 2017, after announcing a tie-up in online business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & i holds welcoming ceremony for new employees

Seven & i holds welcoming ceremony for new employees

New recruits of 22 group companies of retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. take notes of President Ryuichi Isaka's words during a welcoming ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on March 16, 2017, ahead of similar ceremonies by other Japanese firms in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & I, H2O agree on capital, business alliance

Seven & I, H2O agree on capital, business alliance

Seven & i President and Representative Director Ryuichi Isaka (L) hold a press conference alongside Director and Executive Officer Kunio Takahashi in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2016, announcing an agreement on a capital business tie-up with H2O Retailing Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seven & I releases wines with global private brand

Seven & I releases wines with global private brand

TOKYO, Japan - Seven-Eleven Japan Co. President Ryuichi Isaka (2nd from R) lines up with other people concerned to show off the wine that Seven & I Holdings Co. released under the private brand label Yosemite Road in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2009. (Kyodo)