¡°How are you feeling? I¡¯m going to dispense a 20-day supply of medicine to you as I did last time.¡±

One day in September, Kunihiro Nitta, 63, a pharmacist at the Sukoyaka pharmacy¡¯s Kyohara store in Naha, was speaking amicably with a patient via a video call.

The patient is a resident of the village of Minamidaito on Minamidaito Island, located some 360 kilometers east of Okinawa¡¯s main island.