Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

Facade of the JPX head office (Tokyo Stock Exchange building)
Native name	株式会社日本取引所グループ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Nippon Torihikijo Gurūpu
Formerly	Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (1949–2013)
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 8697
Industry	Financial services
Predecessors	Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
Founded	De jure on 1 April 1949; 74 years ago (1949-04-01) as Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. De facto on 1 April 2013; 10 years ago (2013-04-01) as Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Headquarters	Kabutocho, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan Kitahama, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Area served	Japan
Key people	Akira Kiyota, President & CEO
Services	Securities exchange Derivatives exchange Central counterparty clearing Market data
Number of employees	1,223 (2022)
Subsidiaries	Tokyo Stock Exchange Osaka Exchange Tokyo Commodity Exchange JPX Market Innovation & Research Japan Exchange Regulation Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
Website	jpx.co.jp/
Footnotes / references [1]

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (株式会社日本取引所グループ, Kabushiki-gaisha Nippon Torihikijo Gurūpu, Corporate Number: 9120001098575),^[2] abbreviated as JPX or Nippon Torihikijo, is a Japanese "financial instruments exchange holding company"^[3] subject to the regulations of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act enforced by the Financial Services Agency. JPX owns three licensed "financial instruments exchange" corporations: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE),^[4] Osaka Exchange, Inc. (OSE),^[5] and Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM).^[6] It was formed by the merger of TSE and OSE on January 1, 2013. As a result of this merger and market reorganization, TSE became the sole securities exchange of JPX and OSE became the largest derivatives exchange of JPX. In 2019, JPX acquired TOCOM to expand derivatives trading business in the commodity market. It also has an IT services and research arm, JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (JPXI),^[7] a self-regulatory body, Japan Exchange Regulation (JPX-R),^[8] and a central clearing counterparty, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSSC).^[9] As of June 2021, it is the world's fifth-largest stock exchange operator, behind NYSE, NASDAQ, SSE, and HKSE.^[10]

Timeline

• November 22, 2011 - TSE and OSE decided to merge into one, as a solution to slowing market conditions in Japan.^[11]
• July 5, 2012 - The Japan Fair Trade Commission approved the TSE-OSE merger.^[12]
• January 1, 2013 - JPX was launched.^[13]
• January 4, 2013 - JPX was listed at TSE's First Section (8697). JPX also assumed OSE's own ticker symbol (also 8697).^[13]
• July 16, 2013 - The cash equity market of OSE was transferred and integrated into TSE.^[13] The self-regulatory operations of OSE were integrated into Tokyo Stock Exchange Regulation. ^[13] The derivatives clearing operations of OSE were integrated into Japan Securities Clearing Corporation.^[13]
• October 1, 2013 - Japan Securities Clearing Corporation merged with Japan Government Bond Clearing Corporation.^[13]
• March 24, 2014 - Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd was renamed Osaka Exchange, Inc. The TSE derivatives market was transferred and integrated into OSE.^[13]
• April 1, 2014 - Tokyo Stock Exchange Regulation was renamed Japan Exchange Regulation.^[13]
• July 11, 2014 - JPX signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bank of China Limited.^[13]
• November 1, 2014 - TSE and OSE opened a joint representative office in Hong Kong.^[13]
• December 4, 2014 - JPX concluded a Letter of Interest (LOI) with Singapore Exchange.^[13]
• December 23, 2014 - JPX signed a joint venture agreement with Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., the research arm of Daiwa Securities Group, and Myanma Economic Bank to establish Yangon Stock Exchange.^[13]
• May 1, 2015 - TSE and OSE opened a joint branch office in Singapore.^[13]
• October 1, 2019 - JPX acquired Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc., which became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Group.^[13]
• November 25, 2021 - JPX launched a new subsidiary, JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (JPXI), which would provide financial market data and index services and system-related services to financial data vendors.^[14]
• April 1, 2022 - In order to strengthen business activities in the Kansai region, JPX established Osaka Head Office and Osaka IPO Center in the Osaka Securities Exchange Building at Kitahama, Osaka.^[15][16] The Osaka site would take over the entire operations of JPX in the event of a wide-ranging disaster in the National Capital Region.^[16] TSE and OSE transferred and integrated their data and digital businesses into JPXI.^[17] TSE also merged its IT services arm, Tosho System Service Co., Ltd. (TSS), into JPXI, which would inherit the rights and obligations of all business carried out by TSS, such as system development, operations, consulting, and telecommunication services.^[17]

Senior leadership

The JPX has been led by a President & CEO (combined in one role) since its formation in 2013.

List of presidents and CEOs

1. Atsushi Saito (2013–2015)^[18]
2. Akira Kiyota (2015–2023)^[19]
3. Hiromi Yamaji (since April 2023)^[19]

Subsidiaries

JPX is a corporate group formed by the holding company, Japan Exchange Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries:^[3]

• Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) - operator of Tokyo Stock Exchange
• Osaka Exchange, Inc. (OSE) - operator of Osaka Exchange
• Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) - operator of Tokyo Commodity Exchange
• JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. (JPXI) - IT services and research arm
• Japan Exchange Regulation (JPX-R) - self-regulatory body
• Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSSC) - clearing house
• Other consolidated subsidiaries