Hideaki Kubori

Monex, Inc. (Monex) is the brokerage subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TSE: 8698, ADR: MNXBY) in Japan. The firm was established jointly by Oki Matsumoto and Sony Corporation in 1999 and merged with Nikko Beans, Inc. in 2005 to form Monex Beans, Inc. Later that year, Monex Beans, Inc. changed their name to Monex, Inc. Based in Tokyo, “MoneX” stands for the future of finance, one step ahead of “MoneY” and aims to be a global technology-based retail financial service provider of financial services and liberal access to capital markets.

TradeStation Group, Inc. through its principal operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Forex, Inc. offers the TradeStation analysis and trading platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. The TradeStation platform offers state-of-the-art electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies. TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant, and also a member of the Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange and NASDAQ OMX. Its TradeStation Prime Services division, based in New York, seeks to provide prime brokerage services, including securities lending, to small and mid-sized hedge funds and other firms. TradeStation Forex, Inc. (Member NFA) is a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) that exclusively provides the company’s forex brokerage offering. The company’s technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc. develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services. Its London-based subsidiary, TradeStation Europe Limited, an FSA-authorized brokerage firm, introduces UK and other European accounts to TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Forex, Inc. TradeStation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group, one of the largest online financial services providers in Japan. Monex Group acquired TradeStation in June 2011 as an important step in achieving its goal to become a leading global integrated online financial services group.

Fudemame Co., Ltd. develops and operates a cloud based software solutions for postcard-address book, digital and smart phone cameras. Its operations are carried out through the following business divisions: Business Software, Consumer Software; and Web and Cloud Services Business. The Business Software division provides the planning and development of smooth and efficient customer management applications and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) software. The Consumer Software division provides the planning and development of address book software, handwritten series, packaged software, movie editing software and material collection software. The Web and Cloud Services Business division offers handwritten cloud services, postcard creation, web handwriting, and various mobile applications. The company was founded in April 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Founded in 2019, Japan Catalyst, Inc. is a subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. that provides investment advice. The private company is based in Akasaka Minato-Ku, Japan.

Rakuten Securities, Inc. engages in the business of brokerage services. It products include spot trading, domestic Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) & Exchange-Traded Note (ETN), real estate investment trust, stock lending services, Initial Public Offering (IPO) shares, domestic and foreign bonds etc. The company was founded on March 24, 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., RS Empowerment KK is an investment holding Japanese company. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Monex Group, Inc., Monex Finance Corp. is a Japanese company that provides security brokerage and investment advisory services. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Rakuten Capital is the venture capital division of Rakuten Inc. and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2014 by Rakuten Inc.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Rakuten Life Insurance Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that offers insurance services that can be applied for 24 hours a day through the internet. Based in Tokyo, Japan, the private company provides reasonable insurance options that can be tailored to an individual's age, gender, and family structure. Customers can also consult with a dedicated advisor face-to-face if they need assistance. Additionally, Rakuten Life Insurance allows customers to accumulate Rakuten points, adding value to their insurance experience.

Rakuten Medical, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company which develops tumor-targeted precision therapies. It develops new anticancer therapies based on the photoimmunotherapy platform. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Monex Group, Inc., Coincheck Technologies, Inc. is a news company based in Tokyo, JP. Coincheck Technologies is located at 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company has been involved in the creation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and has collaborated with other companies to develop NFT marketplaces. Founded in 2016, the private company extracts text from news articles and appends them to their platform.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Rakuten Asia Pte Ltd. operates as an e-commerce platform. The private company is based in CapitaGreen, Singapore. The CEO of the Singaporean company is Hiroshi Takasawa.

Coincheck Reju Press Co. Ltd. engages in the provision of bank transfer using bitcoins. It offers Coincheck payment and Bitcoin exchanges services. The firm's Coincheck service, allows to trade bit coins and transfer the Japanese yen in advance to the bank account and Bitcoin exchange service, allows person to buy bitcoin by depositing fiat currency to an exchange's designated bank. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

miil, Inc. engages in the planning and management of social networking applications. It provides food photo sharing application called social networking service (SNS), food curator media application called mile, and regular gourmet ranking application called ripiten. The company was founded by Hitoshi Nakamura in September 7, 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

DigiCert Japan GK engages in electronic authentication service and outsourcing operations. Its operations are carried out through the following segments: Security and Service Business; and Information Technology (IT) Service and Management Business. The Security and Service Business segment provides SSL server certificate service, client authentication service, consulting, and security information service. The IT Service and Management Business segment provides remote operation and monitoring of network and systems. The company was founded on February 23, 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.