TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Seven & i ( SVNDF )

responded fairly by saying a takeover offer from Canada's

Couche-Tard was too low, Suntory Holdings chief

executive Takeshi Niinami said on Wednesday.

The offer for the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores

has made Japanese chief executives nervous about potential

overseas takeovers, said Niinami in a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker

interview.

Niinami, 65, is one of Japan's most influential executives,

serving as chair of the Keizai Doyukai business lobby and

previously as an adviser to former Prime Minister Yoshihide

Suga.

(Reporting by David Dolan and Rocky Swift; Editing by

Muralikumar Anantharaman)