Otsuka Pharmaceutical develops a wide variety of products, ranging from those designed to cure diseases to those aimed at maintaining and improving health. Making use of the knowledge we have gained through the research and development of our own products, we run health seminars for our employees and their families. This includes a Women's Health Seminar that welcomes both female and male participants and is designed to ultimately help create a more comfortable work environment for women. It offers participants the chance to discuss the physical and emotional changes women experience during different stages of their life cycle due to hormonal changes, together with useful techniques for dealing with these. Employees who have taken part in these seminars have shared responses such as: “I have been better able to deal with my own body” and “The seminar made me think not only about female colleagues in the company but also about family health.” The seminars have been useful in promoting an understanding of the importance of health management, both for individuals and the people with whom they share their lives.

POCARI/fresh is a weekly eight-minute exercise session led by an instructor that takes place in our offices and factories. In factories where staff are particularly physically active, we provide fall prevention exercises on videos in the prevention of locomotive syndrome, promote no-elevator-usage-days. We also hold walking events that are also open to people living in the area. Additionally, in the Tokushima area, where the largest number of our employees are located, we launched a new area-wide approach in 2017, providing walking and exercise recommendations and nutritional guidance aimed at helping people at risk of metabolic syndrome make improvements, as well as elevating health consciousness throughout the area.

In 2020, we made POCARI/fresh available exclusively online so that employees can continue to take part in the program while working remotely. We also provided other opportunities for exercise that align with new lifestyles. For example, our employees and their families can exercise and stay healthy by joining a virtual "walk rally" using a smartphone app.

In the dining halls under our direct management, employees who serve as nutrition supervisors have developed health-conscious menus. Since 2008, we have enabled employees to be more aware of the nutritional balance of meals by providing displays showing the calorie content and nutritional composition of the daily menu items. We have also implemented a program called "Table for Two," in which, when employees order from the healthy menu in the dining hall, a portion of the proceeds are donated to funding school lunches in developing countries. This initiative allows them to contribute to the wider society while being mindful of their own health.

Smoking has also been prohibited on all company premises since 2007.