Masashi Kaneko

Nikko Cordial Corp. provides investment banking, securities underwriting and related financial services. It also offers asset management, merchant banking, venture capital, research and online brokerage services (called Nikko Beans). Nikko Cordial services as a holding company. The company was founded in April, 1944 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Ikyu Corp. engages in the provision of booking services for hotels, ryokan (Japanese-style inn), shoppings, and restaurants through the Internet. It includes IKYU.com (www.ikyu.com) for booking of hotels and ryokan, IKYU Restaurant (http://restaurant.ikyu.com) for restaurants, IKYU Business (http://www.ikyu.com/biz) for business hotels, IKYU Shopping (http://shop.ikyu.com) for shopping, and IKYU Market(http://market.ikyu.com) for purchase coupons. The company was founded on July 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.