Toshihiro Takeshita

The Group's principal activity is the financing services for small and medium-sized businesses, such as guarantor loans, secured loans and commercial bill discounting. The Group is also involved in leasing, real estate and insurance agency. The operations are carried out through the following divisions: Loans to enterprises; Real Estate; Manufacture and sale of sports goods and Other. The Real Estate division is engaged in the buying and selling of real estate, brokerage and management. The Other operations include manufacture and sale of PC related products, systems development.

Optrom, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of compact discs (CD), Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, digital versatile discs (DVD) and stampers. It operates through the following segments: Digital Content, E COOL, and Others. The Digital Contents segment engages in the manufacture and sale of music CDs, educational CDs, and video DVDs. The E COOL segment manufactures and sells cold cathode fluorescent tubes. The Others segment includes the battery business. It also provides the environment and energy related business which provides the sale of batteries. The company was founded on July 1, 1986 and is headquartered in Sendai, Japan.