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The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">Group's principal activity is</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">to operate drugstores. It</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">sells pharmaceutical products,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">cosmetics, miscellaneous goods</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">and others. It is also engaged</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">in the business trainings for</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">the drugstores. 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It</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">sells pharmaceutical products in the southern and northern</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">Hokkaido, Kanto and Tohoku areas through it's subsidiaries</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">and also wholesales pharmaceutical products to franchised</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">stores. It is also involved in the leasing of real estate</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">properties.</sdc:value></sdc:g_business><sdc:g_business1><sdc:value>Tsuruha Holdings Inc. The Group's principal activity is to operate drugstores. It sells pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, miscellaneous goods and others. It is also engaged in the business trainings for the drugstores. It sells pharmaceutical products in the southern and northern Hokkaido, Kanto and Tohoku areas through it's subsidiaries and also wholesales pharmaceutical products to franchised stores. 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