Japanese retailer Lawson mulls IPO option for supermarket chain Seijo Ishii

Japanese retailer Lawson mulls IPO option for supermarket chain Seijo Ishii

FILE PHOTO: A sign board of a Lawson convenience store is dispayed at the shop in Tokyo, Japan September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Japanese convenience store operator Lawson Inc is considering taking wholly owned supermarket chain Seijo Ishii Co public, it said on Tuesday.