Development Bank of Japan Inc

DBJ was established on October 1, 2008 as a joint stock corporation under the Development Bank of Japan Inc. Law (Law No. 86 of 2005, as amended) (the Company Law), as part of the Japanese Governments efforts to reform policy finance. DBJ is the successor to the Development Bank of Japan (the Predecessor). The Predecessor was a governmental financial institution established on October 1, 1999. DBJs name and basic mission are provided by the DBJ Law. The DBJ Law provides that DBJs purpose is to maintain the foundations of investment and financing functions of long-term business funds, which previously were carried out by the Predecessor, by conducting business activities utilizing the methods of combining investments and financing and other sophisticated financial methodologies, while maintaining the autonomy of management with the goal of realizing full-scale privatization, thereby contributing to smooth supply of funds to those who need long-term business funds, as well as to t...