The Japan Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association announced that Vice Chairman Watanabe Shuichi (渡辺 秀一) had stepped down for personal reasons and that Nagafuku Yasuhiro (長福 恭弘) had taken office as his successor effective the 1st.
On the 2nd, Yakuren announced that Vice Chairman Watanabe Shuichi (渡辺 秀一) had stepped down for personal reasons and that Nagafuku Yasuhiro (長福 恭弘), Executive Vice President of Medipal Holdings, had taken office as his successor effective the 1st.
Nagafuku (長福) serves as Executive Vice President of Medipal Holdings, and the personnel change took effect on the 1st. Watanabe's (渡辺) departure was for personal reasons.