Pure investment and, as circumstances warrant, improvement of the issuing company's medium to long-term corporate value through constructive dialogue with the issuing company's board of directors, directors, management, and other stakeholders, as well as advice and proposals to them. The issuing company is a leading company in Japan's retail industry representing quality and scale, with a department store business at its core, and owns and operates real estate in prime commercial locations throughout Japan. However, modified ROE and modified ROIC calculated on a market value basis are low, and