Sousuke Yasuda

Gyosei & Co., also known as the Hoshi Group, is a professional organization based in Tokyo, Japan that provides consulting, tax, and audit services. The Star Audit Corporation, a part of the Hoshi Group, offers various services such as financial advisory, audit, and guarantee operations, including IPO and listing of stock. The Japanese company also provides consulting services in collaboration with the Star Consulting Co., Ltd. The Hoshi Group contributes to the healthy development of the capital market and local communities by supporting healthy business activities. The private company makes use of original methods and tools to provide efficient and high-quality audits according to the actual situation of the client. The company also provides guidance for the achievement of stock listing based on the current situation and target internal management system, without being bound by affiliated overseas farm audit tools.

The Group's principal activity is to provide non-life insurance and reinsurance services including automobile, aviation, burglary, commercial credit, compulsory automobile liability, all risks, fire, liability, machinery, marine, nuclear energy and personal accident. The Group's subsidiaries and associated companies are involved in the following businesses: Non-life Insurance and Life Insurance services. The Non-life Insurance operations include non-life insurance underwriting, assets investment/management. The Life Insurance operations include life insurance underwriting, assets investment/management. As on 01-Apr-2008, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd. performed a share transfer to become a holding company which works to improve corporate governance of the entire group and plays a vital role in developing group strategy, distributing management resources, auditing and monitoring its group companies and the overall administration of the entire group. It also plays a central part in maximizing the aggregate potential of the group by improving business management, pursuing group synergy, accelerating decision making and nurturing employees through a diverse business/human resources systems.