HIGASHI-OSAKA ¨C Across Japan, it can seem as if there is a 7-Eleven on every corner.
Now, on a single corner in a working-class suburb of Osaka, there are two.
The unusual pairing is the latest manifestation of a grudge match between one of Japan¡¯s most powerful companies and, arguably, one of its most stubborn men.
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