Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway began buying shares in five major Japanese trading companies nearly five years ago. These ...

Seven & i Holdings Co. announced Aug. 31 that it will sell Sogo-Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund on Sept. 1 just as the subsidiary’s flagship department store in Tokyo was being shut down by ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement.

TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Seven & i (3382.T), opens new tab will sell department store unit Sogo & Seibu on Sept. 1, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, triggering a ...

This one-day strike - the first at a major Japanese department store in 61 years - followed months of negotiations between Sogo & Seibu management and the workers' union, and comes amid an acute ...

TOKYO -- A big Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro shopping district will be closed on Thursday as a labor union of Sogo & Seibu, a unit of Seven & i Holdings, has decided to go on strike.

A labor union representing Sogo & Seibu department store employees has decided to go on strike at the Seibu flagship store in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro on Thursday, as it was unable to reach an ...

Amid mounting public criticism, ailing department chain operator Sogo Co. and its group companies have filed for court-mandated rehabilitation with the Tokyo District Court, top officials of the ...

This one-day strike — the first at a major Japanese department store in 61 years — followed months of negotiations between Sogo & Seibu management and the workers’ union, and comes amid a ...

TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Seven & i will sell department store unit Sogo & Seibu on Sept. 1, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, triggering a plan for a walk-out at a ...