Ishigaki City, Rohto Pharmaceutical, and Yaeyama Farm Co., Ltd. Conclude Comprehensive Partnership Agreement
– Aiming to Promote the Health of Children Who Will Shape the Future and Create a Sustainable Community –
February 14, 2023
ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Masafumi Sugimoto), Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture (Mayor: Yoshitaka Nakayama), and its group company, agricultural production corporation Yaeyama Farm Co., Ltd., Ltd. (Headquarters: Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Yoshitaka Nakagawa) have concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement aimed at realizing sustainable community development. Through this agreement, the companies will work to resolve issues related to food education for children who will bear the future of Ishigaki City and the promotion of the health of Ishigaki citizens, as well as contribute to the realization of Ishigaki City's goal of becoming an "SDGs Future City," initiatives based on the regional comprehensive strategy, and sustainable community development.
Our initiatives in Ishigaki City
Our company has always believed that the foundation of health is "food," and we have been developing and selling health foods and supplements. In 2013, we established the Agri-Farm Division, and in Ishigaki City, through our group company, the agricultural production corporation Yaeyama Farm Co., Ltd., Ltd., we have been engaged in not only livestock and agricultural production but also processing and sales, working on environmentally conscious circular agriculture and sixth-sector industrialization. In addition, we have provided agricultural products and processed products made from them as return gifts for Ishigaki City's hometown tax donations, and we have donated ping pong tables to Ishigaki City and held the Ishigaki Mayor's Cup Ping Pong Tournament so that children can exercise regardless of the unpredictable weather on the island. We have undertaken various initiatives to improve the health of the people living in Ishigaki City and the local community.
Initiatives under the partnership agreement
- Things related to children's food education
- Matters related to the promotion of sports and health improvement.
- Matters related to environmental conservation in the waters surrounding Ishigaki Island, such as coral reef conservation.
- Product development and human resource development related to agriculture (pineapples, Okinawa purple pineapples, etc.) and livestock farming.
- Regarding food waste and circular agriculture initiatives
- Initiatives to promote migration and settlement, and to increase the number of people with ties to the area.
- Other matters relating to initiatives that contribute to achieving the objectives of the preceding article.
Since our founding, we have consistently engaged in businesses that contribute to people's beauty and health. In order to create the world of tomorrow, we will continue to work with our internal and external partners to protect people's health and promote activities that realize a prosperous and healthy society.