Japan's Seven & i classified as 'core' to national security amid buyout drama

Japan's Seven & i classified as 'core' to national security amid buyout drama

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk out from a Seven & i Holdings' 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo

Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings has been classified as “core” to national security, according to an updated finance ministry list released on Friday.