Kunihiro Asai

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. provides securities exchange services. The company also provides securities that support fund management and capital raising for users both at home and abroad. It has offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in April 1949 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. is the Japanese broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1984 and provides investment banking, sales & trading, real estate and investment management products and services. It offers securities services including global sales and trading in fixed income and equities, debt and equities financing and investment research. The firm is a provider of products and services in fixed income, equities, global capital markets and investment research to corporations and institutional clients in Japan.

Asset Management One Co., Ltd. (AMO) is a Japanese global investment management firm which was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between the Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (49%) and the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), now the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (51%). The firm changed their name to Asset Management One Co. Ltd. in 2016 when DIAM Co., Ltd., the asset management division of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Mizuho Asset Management Co., Ltd., and Shinko Asset Management Co., Ltd. merged. Headquartered in Tokyo, AMO offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to pension funds, public funds, financial institution, institutional clients, and corporate clients. They are a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Founded in 2015, Banque de Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. The company provides other information services and is based in London, UK.

MUFG Bank Ltd. engages in the business of financial services. It provides commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, leasing and others. The company was founded on August 15, 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Deutsche Securities, Inc. (DSI) is the Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Deutsche Bank Holdings (Luxembourg) SARL, itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) in Germany. The firm was established in 1986 as Deutsche Bank Capital Markets (Asia) Ltd. and became Deutsche Securities Inc. in 2006. Located in Tokyo, DSI is the investment banking platform for the Deutsche Bank group in Japan. The firm provides services including research, sales and trading of bonds and equities, capital raising and M&A advisory for corporate and institutional clients. They have particular expertise in sectors such as automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, energy, financials, media, telecommunications, technology, transportation and trading companies. The M&A division is in a leadership position in Japan, and structures deals including overseas investments by manufacturers, asset sales for restructuring corporations, and domestic mergers and acquisitions. DSI's activities include products and services related to fixed-income, equities and commodities as well as real estate investments and financing. Activities related to foreign exchange and money market are primarily operated by the Tokyo branch of Deutsche Bank.

Part of Barclays PLC, Barclays Wealth International is a British company that provides investment advice. The company is based in London, UK.

Part of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., Nikko AM Global Holdings Ltd. is a financial services holding British company. The company is based in London, UK.

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies.

ICJ, Inc. engages in the development and management of electronic proxy voting platform. The ICJ platform provides Japanese language voting platform with Japanese content for local Japanese investors, as well as enhanced timeliness for release of meeting agendas in English. It also extends voting deadlines closer to the meeting date, provides consolidated voting capability, and access to meeting materials. The company was founded in July 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.