Akihiko Harada

Maxvalu Nishinihon Co., Ltd. engages in the retail sale of food products and daily miscellaneous goods through its supermarket chains. Its products include processed food, liquor, daily food, dairy products, refrigerated beverages, refrigerated food, sushi, packed lunch, prepared food, bread and Japanese cakes, agricultural goods, fishery goods, livestock products and others. It also engages in the logistics and credit card businesses on commission based services, real estate leasing business, store management, materials supply business, operation of retail stores, provision of materials handling services and others. The company was founded on March 5, 1982 and is headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan.

Aeon Tohoku Co., Ltd. engages in the operation of supermarkets through which it offers miscellaneous daily goods and other products. Its operations are carried out thought the following segments: Food and Non-Food. The Food segment offers processed food, perishable food and daily food products. The Non-Food segment offers miscellaneous daily goods such as clothing, kitchenware, grocery, leisure, sundry items and others. It also deals with the neighborhood shopping center (NSC) leasing business which provides leasing services of home centers, drugstores, bookstores, 100 yen shops and other stores. The company was founded on December 8, 1972 and is headquartered in Akita, Japan.