Satoshi Yamada

Rigaku Corp. designs and manufactures scientific instruments. Its products include X-ray diffraction instruments, X-ray fluorescence , small angle X-ray scattering , protein crystallography, handheld laser induced breakdown spectrometers, process elemental analyzers, thermal analysis , non-destructive testing, small molecule crystallography, stress analyzers, X-ray imaging, evolved gas analysis, and conductor metrology. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Qualicaps Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets hard gelatin and HPMC capsules, capsule filling equipment, and sealing machinery. Its products include pharmaceutical and health food capsules, capsule filling machines, capsule filling machine auger type, capsule weight inspection machine, laser imprinting system, and tablet imprinting machine. The company was founded on April 26, 1965 and is headquartered in Yamatokoriyama, Japan.

AvanStrate, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of glass substrates for Thin-Film-Transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal displays (LCDs). It offers LCD glass substrates which are used in LCD televisions, LCD monitors for personal computers, mobile phones, touch panels, and three-dimensional televisions. The company was founded on May 21, 1991 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Daiei Papers (Usa) Corp. manufactures and distributes paper products. Its products include premium coated papers, uncoated printing papers, digital/ communication papers, coated inkjet, and specialty papers. The company was founded on December 7, 2000 and is headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA.

The OYATSU Co., Ltd. produces and sells snacks and other confectioneries. Its products include crunchy noodle snack, French bread, pork noodle soup, cup noodles, shrimp crackers, and other gourmet food. The firm operates through the Baby-Star brand. The company was founded by Yoshio Matsuda on September 3, 1948 and is headquartered in Tsu, Japan.

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a unique public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing the value of businesses in Japan, was launched in July 2009. Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, the INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through 'open innovation,' or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures. The INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. The INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of environment and energy, electronics and IT, bio-tech, and infrastructure such as water supply, railway service, and nuclear power supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of the INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions. The INCJ is capitalized at 92 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 82 billion yen and 19 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 10 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 900 billion yen (US$10 billion). The INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.

Sunsho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. engages in the planning, development and outsourced manufacturing of health-foods, medicinal products, non-medicinal products, cosmetics, general foodstuffs and sundries. Its operations are carried out through the following business divisions: Outsourced Pharmaceutical Production, Outsourced Packaging and Selection of Raw and Packaging Materials. The Outsourced Pharmaceutical Production division provides soft capsules, hard capsules, seamless capsules, tablets, Tablate®, granules, jellies, mini-drinks, etc. The Outsourced Packaging division provides all kinds of packaging such as PTP, stick, three-sided seal, three-sided assorted, bottle opening three-sided seal, bottle opening stick, pillow, aluminum laminated zip, bags, bottles and boxes, etc. The Selection of Raw and Packaging Materials provides cultivation, extraction, concentration, fermentation, purification, pulverization and sterilization, sales of soft capsule molds, manufacturing machines and complete production lines. The company was founded by Takashi Kondo on November 4, 1993 and is headquartered in Fuji, Japan.

Part of The Carlyle Group Inc., Carlyle Japan LLC is a Japanese company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Simplex, Inc. engages in the acquisition and retention of share certificates. It provides consulting, system development, maintenance and operations to financial institutions to enable revenue generation through the use of sophisticated technologies. The company was founded on September 16, 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.