Hirokazu Ishida

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. engages in the provision of financial services centered on banking. It operates through the following business segments: Wholesale, Retail, International, Market Sales, and Headquarters Management. The Wholesale segment covers business for customers of large and medium-sized companies in Japan. The Retail segment handles business for domestic individuals and SME customers. The International segment comprises of business for overseas Japanese and non-Japanese companies. The Market Sales segment corresponds to financial market business. The Headquarters Management segment includes all other businesses not covered by other segments. The company was founded in April 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Muromachi Co., Ltd. engages in the management of its group of companies that deals in housing and construction businesses. The company was founded in December 1952 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Taiju Life Insurance Co., Ltd. engages in the life insurance business. Its operations are carried out through the following divisions: Insurance-related Business, Asset Management, and General Affairs and Office Representative-related Business. The Insurance-related Business division deals with life insurance and other services incidental to insurance business. The Asset Management division manages investments in securities, loans, and real estate. The General Affairs and Office Representative-related Business division includes goods sales and building management services. It is also involved in the venture capital business. The company was founded on April 16, 1914 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

SMBC Mortgage Co., Ltd. provides consumer and business loan services. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. is engaged in the provision of life insurance services. Its business activities include individual insurance marketing, general agent marketing, group insurance marketing, underwriting, policyholder services, claim payments, asset management and international insurance services. The company was founded on July 9, 1881 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.

Nissho Denki KK engages in the business of electrical facilities. Its services are electrical equipment construction, information & communications instrumentation work, systems engineering, systems development lighting fixtures, sale of lamps, solar power systems installation work, solar power plant business, heating & cooling environmental improvement systems and LED lamps. The company was founded by Eiichi Ikeda on January 16, 1947 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Tsuken Corp. engages in the information and telecommunications business. It operates through the following divisions: Telecommunication Equipment, Telecommunication Services, and Sales Leasing. The company was founded on April 2, 1951 and is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan.