> eleven in the evening. The chain used to be owned by the Southland
> Corporation but several years ago was purchased by Daiei. So while it
> used to be appropriate to laugh at Japanese who reported they had
> visited America and were surprised to find 7-11s there, such is no
> longer the case. It now *is* a Japanese company.
>

Doesn't IYG Holding Company own Daiei and is owned by Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.?
Which means Ito-Yokado owns all the 7-11's in Seattle?

On a side note:  7-11 opened it's 20,000th store in Tokyo in 2000.