JGBs consolidate ahead of Japan’s Upper House elections on Sunday. Surveys surrounding the elections show prospects of the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition retaining its majority have grown even more uncertain than earlier in the campaign,

Canadian retail chain Alimentation Couche-Tard is dropping its proposal to acquire Seven & i Holdings Co_, the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, citing frustration in ongoing negotiations that showed what it called “a lack of constructive engagement.

Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard on Thursday pulled its $46 billion bid to buy Seven & i Holdings, saying the retailer refused to engage constructively on the deal, which would have been Japan's largest ever foreign buyout.