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MT reports receiving grants from the 2017 international cooperation research grant, and personal fees from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc.; Eisai Co., Ltd., and Specialist Doctors Inc., outside the submitted work. BT reports receiving personal compensation from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., MSD K.K., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., and Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., outside the submitted work. OM reports receiving personal fees from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., outside the submitted work. KY reports receiving grants and personal fees from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Shionogi & Co., Ltd., and Eisai Co., Ltd., as well as personal fees from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd., Pfizer Japan Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, EA Pharma Co., Ltd., Merck Sharp & Dohme, Viatris Inc., and Astellas Pharma Co., Ltd. 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