Takashi Ichikawa

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) is a wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE: 8604; NYSE: NMR). Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1925. NSC places a strong emphasis on research, both fundamental and quantitative. In addition to stock and bond underwriting, their activities include IPO and M&A advisory, wealth management, separately managed accounts, fund wrap services, prime brokerage and structured equity finance. Their clients include institutions, hedge funds, private banks and private equity funds as well as corporate clients and retail investors.

Lambda Systems, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture and sale of broadcasting and communication equipment and software. The company was founded on November 30, 1984 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The Nomura Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. operates as a trust bank. It operates through the following business divisions: Trust Business, Banking Business, and Securities Business. The firm’s Trust Business division specializes in specified money trusts and specified pecuniary trusts; individually operated designated money and pecuniary trusts; jointly operated designated money trusts; composite trusts; pension trusts; investment trusts; securities trusts; and outsource services for investment trusts. Its Banking Business division engages in deposit taking, lending, domestic exchange business, and foreign exchange business. The firm’s Security Business division handles the investment trust, over-the-counter sales, and account administration business; corporate bond administration business; fiscal agent for corporate bonds; investment advisory and agency business; and investment management business. The company was founded on August 24, 1993 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Citibank Japan Ltd. provides banking services. The firm's products include corporate and investment banking, markets and securities services, capital markets origination, treasury and trade solutions, and research. It provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. The company was founded in July 2007 and is headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Nomura Research & Advisory Co. Ltd. (Nomura Research & Advisor) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TK:8604) founded in 2000. Nomura Research & Advisory Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo.

Jecc Corp. is a Japanese company that specializes in providing lease and rental services, such as finance and operating leases, to support their clients' businesses. The company is based in Japan and their description is provided in Japanese. The private company aims to produce the optimal solution for IT utilization and offer their services to clients seeking such solutions.

EVEC, Inc. develops human antibodies for the pharmaceutical industry. The firm specializes on a technology for generating antibody medicine using human blood as a source. The company was founded by Kenzo Takada in January 10, 2003 and is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan.

Corenet International Corp. engages in the computer system design business. It also provides services for telecommunications, software product development, and system integration. The company was founded on October 09, 1984 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

CYDAS, Inc. provides human resources management services. It develops and commercializes cloud-based social performance platforms. It services are performance cloud, a human resource support application; MBO edition, a target management application; and entry edition, a small package human resource platform. It also develops and operates cydas care, a solution that enables companies to identify stress and depression-prone employees. The company was founded in October 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.