Japan's Lawson announced that it expects the company to delist on July 24 after holding an extraordinary shareholders' meeting in July. It has been 24 years since Japan's Lawson was listed simultaneously on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange in 2000. On February 6 of this year, Japan Telecom giant KDDI announced that it will launch an offer to acquire Lawson. On March 7, the State Administration of Market Regulation announced KDDI Corporation's acquisition of shares in Lawson Co., Ltd. Prior to the transaction, Lawson was solely controlled by Mitsubishi Corporation. After the deal, Mitsubishi Corporation and KDDI will each hold 50% of Lawson's shares to jointly control Lawson Lawson, and the shares of Lawson, a company subject to the equity laws of the two companies, will be delisted.