Lawson (store)

Lawson, Inc.
	Lawson's headquarters at Gate City Ōsaki in Ōsaki, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社ローソン
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Rōson
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 2651; (delisted on July 24, 2024)
Industry	Retail
Founded	1939 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
Founder	James "J.J." Lawson
Defunct	1985 (in the United States; stores sold to Dairy Mart and most of them are now Circle K stores)
Headquarters	Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Number of locations	18,052 (July 2021)
Area served	Japan; China; Philippines; Thailand; Indonesia; United States (1939-1985, currently Hawaii);
Key people	Sadanobu Takemasu (President)
Owner	Mitsubishi Corporation (50%); KDDI (50%)
Number of employees	4,470 (non-consolidated, 2017)
Website	www.lawson.jp

Lawson, Inc. (株式会社ローソン, Kabushiki gaisha Rōson) is a convenience store franchise chain in Japan. The store originated in the United States in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, but exists today as a Japanese company based in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company has its headquarters in East Tower of Gate City Ohsaki in Ōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo.