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Mizuho Bank Ltd. engages in financial service business. It offers services such as buying and selling of securities, lending, deposits, securities investment, domestic exchange settlement, foreign exchanges transaction, and corporate bond trustee and register services. It also deals in buying and selling of gold, public bond underwriting, sale of public bonds, lottery, trust agent, and consulting services. The company was founded on May 7, 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601, ADR: DSEEY) in Japan. Founded in 1959, the firm is headquartered in Tokyo and manages investment trusts for private investors and provides investment advisory and discretionary asset management for institutional investors and overseas asset management companies. Daiwa Asset Management is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Aozora Card Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides credit card issuing service. The company is based in Chiyoda-ku, Japan. Aozora Card Co. was acquired by Rakuten Group, Inc. from Aozora Bank Ltd. on September 30, 2004 for $67.53 million.

Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. engages in the business of financial instruments trading services which includes underwriting securities and its related business. It also provides the online trading, brokerage, purchase and sale of securities and acts as an agent or perform agency functions. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Rakuten Mobile, Inc. engages in the provision of communications services, including mobile telecommunications and energy solutions. The company was founded on January 10, 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.