Kojiro Urano

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.

The Daiei, Inc. engages in self service product retail sale. It allows customers to directly choose and purchase the goods on their own. The company was founded on April 10, 1957 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.