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  • Masao Kiuchi, CEO of Seiyu, has resigned from the company, taking responsibility for the company’s poor performance. Seiyu is Wal-Mart’s Japanese affiliate, but it has not been responding as expected to Wal-Mart’s supply chain and marketing ministrations.

    Seiyu's current chairman, Noriyuki Watanabe, takes over as CEO.

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