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Illness/Insurance >> Medication >> Drugstores
| Pharmacies | Drugstores |
The Japanese Drugstore Chain Association defines the type of drug store which may carry medication, cosmetics, daily necessaries, stationeries, films, and foods. Japanese drugstores used to sell only commercial medicines and did not have any pharmacists on the premises. However, some drugstores have recently started employing pharmacists. This is now not much of difference between drugstores and pharmacies.

日本チェーンドラッグストア協会の定義によると、ドラッグストアは医薬品と化粧品、そして、日用家庭用品、文房具、フィルム、 食品等の日用雑貨を取扱うお店です。ドラッグストアには薬剤師がいないために、取扱っている医薬品は市販の医薬品だけでしたが、薬剤師のいるドラッグストアも少しずつ増えているために、ドラッグストアと薬局の境が少しずつなくなってきました。


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