Akihiro Hayashi

Toyo Knife Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial knives. It operates through the Machine Blades and Machinery Parts; and Green Landscaping segments. The Machine Blades and Machinery Parts segment provides steel knives, plywood and book binding blades, pulp and paper cutters, grinders, cutting machines, slide ways, micro slitter knifes, cutter units, knife grinding machines, slitter knifes, shear blades, slitter knifes, veneer rotary knifes, slicer knifes, veneer clipper knifes, chipper knifes, flaker knifes, turning knifes, paper trimming knifes, slide ways, facsimile paper cutters etc. The Green Landscaping segment handles landscaping work, management trustee, slope and building construction services. The company was founded by Kotaro Honda on August 9, 1925 and is headquartered in Tomiya, Japan.

Regional Economy Vitalization Corp. of Japan engages in the business of fund and investment services. It also provides business revitalization support, specific trust underwriting, business regeneration subsidiary support services and others. The company was founded on October 14, 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.