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7-Eleven competes with Amazon in Japan for online book sales[UPDATED: 5-7-2017]
The major online book retailers in Japan include Amazon, as in most countries, but Seven & I (which runs and owns the famous international convenience store chain 7-Eleven) is also a major online book retailer as are Kinokuniya, Bunkyodo, Junkodo and Rakuten Books, the owner of Kobo, the eReading device and service that competes directly with the Amazon Kindle.