Pharmacies, drugmakers take steps to better serve foreigners

As the number of foreign visitors to Japan continues to rise, dispensing pharmacies and drugmakers are stepping up efforts to better serve customers who speak little Japanese.In the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, pharmacists, along with doctors and nurses feel strong need to help visitors from overseas and resident foreigners understand medicines prescribed to them.The number of foreign visitors to the country topped 10 million a year for the first time in 2013 and hit 24 million in 2016, according to government data.In Otemachi, a major business and financial district i…READ FULL ARTICLE