Jun Kazama

Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd. processes and distributes soft drinks and mineral water. The firm's brands include Mitsuya Cider, Munecha, Wonda, and Wilkinson. Asahi Soft Drinks also provides vending machines for its drinks through its subsidiaries. The company was founded on March 30, 1982 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Nippon Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of life insurance services, agency or administration services to other insurance companies and financial institutions. It also provides the guarantees for liabilities, sale and purchase of government bonds and local government bonds, and sales of investment trust beneficiary securities. The company was founded by Sukesaburo Hirose on July 4, 1889 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. engages in the business of financial instruments trading services which includes underwriting securities and its related business. It also provides the online trading, brokerage, purchase and sale of securities and acts as an agent or perform agency functions. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Vista Investments LLC owns, develops, and manages hospitality assets. It offers management, design, development, and franchising services. The company was founded by Juan Llaca in 2000 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Asahi Breweries Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Its products include beer, whisky and spirits, wine, alcohol -taste beverages, chilled beverages such as tea-based drinks, coffee, carbonated soft drinks, water, fruits and vegetable drinks, lactic acid drinks and others. The company was founded on September 1, 1949 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. (Broker) (Daiwa Broker) is the brokerage division of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., which is ultimately held by Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601). The firm is headquartered in Tokyo and was founded in 2012. Daiwa Broker provides brokerage services to their clients.

Sapporo Breweries Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages such as wine, beer, shochu (Japanese distilled beverage), and Western liquor. The company was founded on July 1, 2003 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Television Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. is a Japanese television company that was founded in 1988. The private company is based in Sapporo, Japan and provides a program that explores the commitment behind the boom that may seem suspicious at first glance. The company provides the latest information on various programs such as economy, travel, gourmet, news in Hokkaido, weather, Korean dramas, animations, events, announcers, and Sapporo live cameras. Additionally, they have a weekly program table broadcast on TVH and an event information list page on their official website.

NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. provides computer software solutions. Its solutions and services include digital signage, ERP, infrastructure, managed services and outsourcing, RFID, public safety solutions and services, unified communications and virtual PC center. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Singapore.

The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Investment Portfolio) (Dai-ichi-IP) is the investment portfolio management operation of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (TSE: 8750), a mutual life insurance firm headquartered in Japan. Founded in 1902, Dai-ichi Life Insurance provides individual and group life insurance to private individuals and corporate clients. Dai-ichi-IP provides individual and group pension plans and pension products services.

Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. provides life insurance and pension products services. It operates through the following segments: domestic life insurance, overseas insurance, and others segment. The company was founded on September 15, 1902 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. engages in the sale and maintenance services for insurance products to individuals and companies. The company offers financial lending, investment, security services and others. It also provides consulting services for the transition from qualified retirement pensions to defined-benefit pension plans and defined-contribution pension plans. The company was founded on November 22, 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (FMLI-IP) is the investment portfolio management subsidiary of Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Japan. Founded in 1923, the insurance firm is headquartered in Tokyo with branches and agencies throughout Japan and international subsidiaries in London and New York. FMLI-IP provides insurance as well as financial products and services, distributed to retail and corporate clients by their own sales network and through various financial institutions. In 2006 the firm formed a business alliance with Kyoei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., concentrating on life insurance while Kyoei Kasai Shinrai Life covers the non-life sector. The firm provides corporate pension plans and offers socially responsible investment products.

Organization for Promoting Urban Development (MINTO), a non-profit body supervised by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, was established in 1987 in order to promote the formation of urban areas through urban development projects and the use of low-interest funds. The organization provides long-term and low-interest loans to private sectors that implements urban development projects. MINTO is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Nippon Life Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (Nippon Life-IP) is the investment portfolio management division of Nippon Life Insurance Co. in Japan. Founded in 1889, the firm is headquartered in Tokyo with another main office in Osaka, as well as branches throughout Japan. The commercial name of Nippon Life is Nissay. Nippon Life-IP handles corporate pension plan, investment advisory services, trust services, venture capital, real estate investment, credit and financing services for individual and institutional clients.

The Geneva Association provides international think tank of the insurance industry. It offers research programs such as financial stability and regulation, extreme events and climate risk, global ageing, cyber and innovation, and the protection gap. The company was founded by Fabio Padoa Schioppa, Raymond Barre, and Orio Giarini in 1973 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Nippon Venture Capital Corp. (NVCC) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was established in 1996.