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2013 All-Japan Executive Team Best IR Companies

May 20, 2013

Sector	Buy-Side Rank	Company	Sell-Side Rank	Company
Auto Parts	1	Denso Corp.	1	Denso Corp.
	2	Bridgestone Corp.	2	Bridgestone Corp.
	3	Nifco	3	Toyota Industries Corp.
Autos	1	Nissan Motor Co.	1	Nissan Motor Co.
	2	Toyota Motor Corp.	2	Honda Motor Co.
	3	Honda Motor Co.	3	Toyota Motor Corp.
Beverages, Food & Tobacco	1	Ajinomoto Co.	1	Asahi Group Holdings
	2	Asahi Group Holdings	2	Ajinomoto Co.
	3	Kirin Holdings Co.	3	Kirin Holdings Co.
Broadcasting	1	Nippon Television Holdings	1	Nippon Television Holdings
	—	—	2	Dentsu
	—	—	3	Hakuhodo DY Holdings
Ceramics & Glass	—	—	1	Asahi Glass Co.
Ceramics & Glass	—	—	2	Nippon Sheet Glass Co.
Chemicals	1	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	1	Asahi Kasei Corp.
	2	JSR Corp.	2	Mitsui Chemicals
	3	Asahi Kasei Corp.	3	JSR Corp.*
	—	—	3	Showa Denko K.K.*
Construction	1	Lixil Group Corp.	1	Haseko Corp.
	—	—	2	Taisei Corp.
	—	—	3	Lixil Group Corp.
Electronics/ Components	1	Nidec Corp.	1	Murata Manufacturing Co.
	2	Murata Manufacturing Co.	2	TDK Corp.
	3	TDK Corp.	3	Kyocera Corp.
Electronics/ Consumer	1	Sony Corp.	1	Panasonic Corp.
	—	—	2	Sony Corp.
	—	—	3	Sharp Corp.
Electronics/ Industrial (including Semiconductors)	1	Mitsubishi Electric Corp.	1	Hitachi
	2	Hitachi	2	Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
	—	—	3	NEC Corp.
Electronics/ Precision Instruments	1	Hoya Corp.	1	Nikon Corp.
	2	Horiba	2	Fujifilm Holdings Corp.
	3	Nikon Corp.	3	Canon
Energy & Utilities	—	—	1	Tokyo Gas Co.
	—	—	2	Inpex Corp.
	—	—	3	JX Holdings
Financials/ Banks	1	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	1	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
	2	Mizuho Financial Group	2	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
	3	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	3	Mizuho Financial Group
Financials/ Insurance	1	Tokio Marine Holdings	1	Tokio Marine Holdings
	2	NKSJ Holdings	2	NKSJ Holdings
	3	Aeon Credit Service Co.	3	Sony Financial Holdings
Health Care & Pharmaceuticals	1	Eisai Co.	1	Astellas Pharma
	2	Astellas Pharma	2	Eisai Co.
	3	Unicharm Corp.	3	Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
Housing & Real Estate	1	Mitsui Fudosan Co.	1	Mitsubishi Estate Co.
	2	Mitsubishi Estate Co.	2	Mitsui Fudosan Co.
	3	Daiwa House Industry Co.	3	Daito Trust Construction Co.
Machinery	1	Komatsu	1	Komatsu
	2	SMC Corp.	2	Nabtesco Corp.
	3	THK Co.	3	THK Co.
Metals	1	Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.	1	Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.
	2	Dowa Holdings Co.	2	Dowa Holdings Co.
	—	—	3	JFE Holdings
Paper & Textiles	1	Teijin	1	Rengo Co.
	2	Toray Industries	2	Nippon Paper Group
	3	Rengo Co.	3	Toray Industries
Plant Engineering & Shipbuilding	1	JGC Corp.	1	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
	—	—	2	IHI Corp.
	—	—	3	Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Retailing	1	Lawson	1	FamilyMart Co.
	2	Sugi Holdings Co.	2	Lawson
	3	FamilyMart Co.	3	Seven & i Holdings Co.*
	—	—	3	United Arrows*
Software/Business	1	Kakaku.Com	1	Kakaku.Com
	2	Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.	2	Nomura Research Institute
	3	Yahoo Japan Corp.	3	Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.
Software/ Entertainment	1	Capcom Co.	1	Capcom Co.
	2	Nintendo Co.	2	mixi
	3	Konami Corp.	3	Gree
Telecommunications	1	KDDI Corp.	1	KDDI Corp.
	2	SoftBank Corp.	2	NTT Docomo
	3	NTT Docomo	3	SoftBank Corp.
Trading Companies	1	Mitsubishi Corp.	1	Mitsui & Co.
	2	Mitsui & Co.	2	Itochu Corp.
	3	Itochu Corp.	3	Mitsubishi Corp.
Transportation	1	Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha	1	All Nippon Airways Co.
	2	East Japan Railway Co.	2	East Japan Railway Co.
	3	Mitsui O.S.K. Lines	3	Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha