Mobile carrier KDDI Corp. will acquire a 50-percent stake in Lawson Inc. for nearly 500 billion yen ($3.37 billion) to help the nation’s third-largest convenience store chain incorporate digital technologies and offer new services.
Employees at the Seibu Ikebukuro main store in Tokyo are threatening to stage a walkout on Aug. 31, which would be the first strike at a major department store in Japan in more than 60 years.
More than 90 percent of major Japanese companies are considering using or have already adopted generative artificial intelligence in their operations, but many cite data breaches and authenticity as concerns, a survey by The Asahi Shimbun found.