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FRANCORP JAPAN   
   Established in September 2006    Capital stock: 40 million yen
   http://www.francorp.co.jp/ (Japanese)   

• Founded as the Japan area licensee of the U.S. parent, Francorp (a consulting firm that ranks first in the franchise chain field). 
• Japan's only consulting firm dedicated to the FC business, offering one-stop services in all stages, from establishment of the franchise headquarters to development of packages and even refinement of the business model. 
• Also supports the input of US FC packages into Japan and the overseas development of business by FC headquarters in Japan.
• The presentation impressed that Francorp's services are capable of greatly transforming and revitalizing the FC climate in Japan.

Prosecure Co., Ltd.
   Established in June 2000    Capital stock: 67.94 million yen
   http://pro-sec.jp/ (Japanese)    

• Directly engaged in security measures (PC and USB memory units) for these sources, in view of the fact that lap-top computers and USB memory are the source of 68 % of all information leaks.   
• Programs are encoded and installed in USB memories.  As a result, even with computers outside the company, the user can decode and edit encoded files by connecting a portable USB unit.
• For the implementation of encoding algorithm, users have a choice of AES (the optimized US algorithm), Combiner (the Japanese-born stream encryption), and Kcipher-2 (from KDDI's R&D Labs).
• Looking forward to open up new sales routes.
  

Mr. Toshio Takada, President

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ONPOO Inc.   
   Established in June 2006    Capital stock:69.3 million yen
   http://onpoo.net/ (Japanese)    

• Music media business through the Internet (PC and mobile terminals) and music label business involving the conception, production, and sales of musical software, also operating ONPOO.net, a musical web magazine specializing in "indies" bands. 
• Through the website, artists can provide information on their music and promote their songs, while users can build libraries of their favorite cuts using the POO Player (peer-to-peer original musical media player developed by ONPOO), display their own playlists and recommend artists and titles to each other. 
• Interpersonal communication to promote enjoyment by word of mouth, a milestone means of supplying music while linking artists with their fans.
• Organizing events with live performances and recruits sponsors for them and eager to build various alliances.

Mr. Motoshi Sato, CEO

Mr.Yasuhiro Ikeda, President

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Castalia Co. Limited.  
    Established in December 2005    Capital stock: 29.75 million yen
    http://www.castalia.co.jp/en/

• A solution provider and aggregator on learning and teaching contents whose business is grounded in the watchwords "open & social."  Selling solutions for support of digital contents distribution to companies and schools, with the aim of increased sales by having its contents posted in web media.
• The distribution tool handles mobile communication with multiformat capability encompassing podcast and flash formats.
• Castplant Edu directed to schools, is a lecture recording system with an automated motion capture function, the first of its kind in the world (jointly with the School of Computer Science of Tokyo University of Technology).  The website castalia.jp has a store of contents related to language learning and business. 
• Backed by a community of network learners, it links companies and schools aspiring to the creation of such communities with individual learners.