Takao Yajima

WingArc Australia Pty Ltd. engages in the development of software tools and solutions for statistics. It offers services to statistical organizations, government agencies and commercial enterprise services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

CoorsTek KK develops and manufactures semiconductor materials. It offers general industrial, automotive, electric, and mechanical, semiconductor related, solar cell related, bio and medical related products. The company was founded on September 4, 1928 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The Shoko Chukin Bank Ltd. provides commercial banking services. It offers loans, deposits, bonds, treasury, and other financial investments. The company was founded on October 8, 1936 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of ITOCHU Corp., ITOCHU Interactive Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides IT consulting and marketing services. The company is based in Minato-ku, Japan.

Part of ITOCHU Corp., A2 Healthcare Corp. provides clinical development support. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Globe-Trotter T&E, Inc. engages in travel, student exchange, and property and casualty insurance businesses. The company was founded on September 14, 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, 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.

Part of WingArc1st Inc., WingArc Technologies, Inc. is a company based in Tokyo, Japan that provides a business intelligence tool called dr.sum. The tool integrates and utilizes large amounts of data from scattered companies, providing a database engine, user interface, and data linked tool all in one. The Japanese company also offers form and BI solutions that revitalize information and operational efficiency. Additionally, they hold seminars on form development, data utilization, and BI, introducing products and solutions suitable for each industry and issue.

Part of Excite Holdings Co., Ltd., Beauty Navi Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides an online reservation platform for beauty salons. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Beauty Navi Co. was acquired by Excite Japan Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Excite Holdings Co., Ltd. from Tokyo Consult Ltd. on May 13, 2009 for $0.62 million. The company's platform offers coupons, maps, reviews, hair catalogs, and hairdresser information to users. Customers can also accumulate points through online reservations without requiring membership registration.

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.

Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK (Carlyle Japan Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of ITOCHU Corp., Famima Digital One Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that creates various services to match the lifestyle of each customer through digitalization, focusing on payment and financial business, and is working on creating new customer value. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 2000. Famima Digital One Co. has recently launched famipay, which will be available at stores other than FamilyMart from October 1, 2020.

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.

Monolith Holdings KK provides portfolio management services. The company is headquartered 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.

Part of WingArc1st Inc., Wingarc Singapore Pte Ltd. engages in designing and development of software products. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

Part of WingArc1st Inc., WingArc Dalian, Inc. engages in designing and development of software products. The company is based in Dalian, China.

Inagora, Inc. develops an e-commerce platform for mobiles. The company was founded by Eihyo Ou on December 15, 2014 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corp. provides systems solutions and services. The company was founded in October 2003 and is headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan.

Business Travel Japan, Inc. engages in the provision of an online business travel preparation and management system. It offers ticketless business trip arrangement system and business trip management system through its web portals BTOnline and BizTRAD. It also involves in consulting on business travel management and system development related to business trip management. The company was founded on March 5, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Everforth Co., Ltd. provides application cloud platform (ACP) and development contract platform. Its services include Prefer Cloud Platform, Prefer Growth, APPAREL CLOUD, and mine. The company was founded in October 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.