Kazunobu Miyamoto

Hanakoma KK engages in funeral festival construction, flower sales and retail, and hearse service business. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Soraku, Japan.

EPOCH JAPAN Corp is a Japanese company that engages in the funeral business. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan. and has subsidiaries in Japan.

Medical Tribune, Inc. is a holding company that publishes medical magazines and newspapers. It offers regular media publications related to medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy; and produces journals for academic society publishers. The firm is also involved with the planning, organizing, and management of healthcare conferences, medical symposiums, and seminars. The company was founded in November 1967 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Impress Holdings, Inc., Impress Communications Corp. sells printed publications, marketing support, and e-Commerce for group companies. The company is based in Chiyoda, Japan.

Part of Impress Holdings, Inc., Yama-kei Publishers Co. Ltd. is a publisher that specializes in mountain climbing, skiing, and travel related books. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Impress Holdings, Inc., IAD, Inc. provides web design services.

Part of Impress Holdings, Inc., Impress Professional Works, Inc. is a Japanese company that provides logistics management services.

Impress Corp. (Japan) is a private company based in Chiyoda-ku, Japan. The Japanese company operates and manages various web sites that provide integrated news information on books, magazines, digital products, and IT-related topics.

VH RETAIL SERVICE CO., LTD. engages in the retail of prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses. It operates through the following segments: Eyeglass Retail and Mail Order. The Eyeglass Retail segment sells frames, lenses, eyeglasses, contact lenses, sunglasses, hearing aids, cosmetics, and health products. The Mail Order segment manages the online sale of eyeglasses. The company was founded in February 1973 and is headquartered in Odawara, Japan.

Smartmedia, Inc. engages in technology enabled media business. Its business includes blockchain technology business, e-commerce, virtual currency and fan service business. It also provides know-how and content management system for media operations. The company was founded on October 15, 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Kaji Corporation, Co. Ltd. engages in the rental, sales and wholesale of karaoke equipment, game machines and game software. It also involves in the sale of trading cards, toys, miscellaneous goods, and apparel; and operation of complex cafes and karaoke boxes. The company was founded in April 1984 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.

Advantage Partners Inc /JP/ (AP) is an independent Japan-based private equity firm which was founded in 1992 by Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo. AP invests directly in private equity and manages the MBI private equity funds for a range of domestic and foreign institutions including insurance companies, banks and corporations. The firm has close business ties with wholesale trader Marubeni Corp. (TSE: 8002). AP pioneered private equity investment in Japan and retains a leadership position in the private equity community.