On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, we held the “1st FinCity.Tokyo Member Networking Event.”

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On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, the General Incorporated Association Tokyo International Financial Institution (hereinafter referred to as FinCity.Tokyo) held the "1st FinCity.Tokyo Member Networking Event" at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo).

[Organizer's Address] Hiroshi Nakaso, Chairman of FinCity.Tokyo

Chairman Hiroshi Nakaso explained that FinCity.Tokyo's uniqueness lies in its remarkably diverse membership spanning various industries and fields. He emphasized that our greatest asset is the gathering of members with distinct strengths—including domestic and international financial institutions, corporations, universities, industry associations, the JPX Group, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government—who are collectively building Tokyo's financial ecosystem.

【Tokyo Metropolitan Government Speech】Mr. Kazuhiro Muramoto, Director General, International Financial City Promotion Division, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

He spoke about the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's initiatives to promote Tokyo as an international financial city.

Talk Session: "Capital, Talent, and Policy Supporting Tokyo's Financial Ecosystem"

【Speakers】

• Mr. Akihiro Konishi, Advisor and CIO, National Public Service Mutual Aid Association (KKR)
• Mr. Tomonori Uchiyama, Director, Center for Financial Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Ms. Makiko Hashiguchi, Manager, Public Debt Division, Accounting Department, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Finance Bureau
• Tomoko Oyama, Deputy Director, FinCity.Tokyo Secretariat (Moderator)

【Program】

1. Session Objectives and Speaker Introductions
2. Presentation of Each
   Speaker's Initiatives
   QA1: Asset Owner Reform and Its Impact
   QA2: Cultivating Advanced Financial Talent and
   Required Skills
   QA3: Tokyo's Future Envisioned Through Metropolitan Fiscal
   Management and Municipal Bonds
   QA4: Expectations for FinCity.Tokyo

This session featured multifaceted discussions covering perspectives as asset owners, prospects for cultivating highly skilled financial professionals and research, and the role of Tokyo's fiscal management and municipal bonds.

[Closing Remarks] Mr. Takashi Sekiguchi, Deputy Director-General, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (also serving as Director, International Financial City Promotion, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs)

We received information about the Tokyo Sustainable Finance Forum and the Sustainability Management Practice Seminar for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.

FinCity.Tokyo promotes Tokyo as an international financial city through activities such as disseminating information about Tokyo's financial markets domestically and internationally, exchanging opinions and networking with diverse stakeholders including member companies, and conducting international financial promotion activities. We express our gratitude to all members for making possible the inaugural Member Networking Event launched this fiscal year. We will continue our activities to further develop Tokyo's financial ecosystem together with all of you.