Japanese convenience store operator Lawson Inc. was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday following a successful tender offer by KDDI Corp. earlier this year, bringing down the curtain on its 24-year history as a listed company. The tender offer completed in April followed an agreement between KDDI, a major telecommunications carrier, and Lawson’s parent company, Mitsubishi Corp., to take the retailer private. KDDI and Mitsubishi have announced they will each hold a 50 percent stake in Lawson through this transaction, which is expected to be completed by September. The partnershi…