International Financial City OSAKA Promotion Committee, Sharing Initiatives (Vol. 4)
Introducing Commissioner : Osaka Exchange Co.
Osaka Exchange provides financial and economic education as the western base of the Japan ExchangeGroup. The eastern base has the Tokyo Stock Exchange is its location. Financial literacy and education
activities on equities and derivatives are generally conducted at these two centres. The East and Westsites are the main locations for financial literacy education activities for both cash and derivatives.
Despite this position, Osaka is characterised by the history of the Dojima Rice Market, widely known as
the origin of Japanese exchanges and the pioneer of organised futures exchanges in the world, as well as
the current Japan-U.S. Futures Exchange. The Osaka Exchange is the centre of listed derivatives in Japan
today. In addition to educational activities related to equities, we are also working to disseminate
information on "Osaka in derivatives" both domestically and internationally as a key objective.
OSE Gallery (Osaka Exchange, 5F)
Currently, both group tours and single tours are restricted. However, online tours
have been available since June.

The JPX was renovated in February 2015, and the number of domestic and international visitors to the JPX
has increased. The facility was built with Japanese-English notation as a rule, in view of the launch of JPX
and the increasing number of domestic and international visitors. The history of the Osaka Stock
Exchange, which coincided with the spread of joint-stock companies in Japan from the Meiji era onwards
is introduced here. Since the launch of the Comprehensive Exchange in July 2020, commodities such asgold, silver, rubber and oil are now also part of the exhibition. With the addition of commodities, webelieve that the facility has become a place where visitors can learn about a wider range of exchange
functions. Currently, online tours are the main way for visitors to learn due to the Corona virus disasterdue to restrictions on actual tours. However, when it reopens, we hope that visitors will again be able tolearn about finance and the economy through actual tours.
OSE Gallery introductory video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TufIG_lkU0o*English subtitled version available'A grain of light' installation.
Nakanoshima, on the long road between the northern end of the Oe Bridge andthe northern end of the Watanabe Bridge trading was taking place. The location ofthe office is approximately at the northern end of the Garden Bridge.

In October 2018, on the anniversary of 30 years of stock index futures in Japan, a new monument wasinstalled at the site of the Dojima Rice Market with the cooperation of all concerned. We have installed a
new monument, 'A Grain of Light', at the former site of the Dojima Rice Market and in order to make it
known to as many people as possible, a dedicated website (in 13 languages) has been set up.
https://www.jpx.co.jp/dojima/*When installing the new monument, we referred to the 'Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
Proposals for making use of monuments for tourism'. The location of the new monument was madepossible with the cooperation of the City of Osaka and other organisations.

Most recently, a YouTube video was created to learn about the Dojima rice market, and innovations suchas the creation of building rice (now called stock indices) representing the rice stamps issued by each clan,
and introduces innovations such as the fact that futures were traded on these stamps.
The video is not just history but also has relevance today and is something that is valued overseas and isdiscussed in classes on derivatives. This is the reason why it is included in derivatives courses.
1 Dojima Rice Market Prologue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOOnAE5Hazk
2 Dojima Rice Market Born in Osaka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B23BrQtmKIs
3 Dojima Rice Market How the market works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKXN_dF03VE
4 Dojima Rice Market An innovation called ledger rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzcRPhXEtHo
5 Flag-waving communication (in preparation), 6 How to deal with investment in the Edo period (inpreparation).
*English subtitled version available.
Now, at the beginning of this article, I introduced Osaka Exchange as the western base of the JPX. I would
also like to introduce some examples of non-financial education. One example is the dissemination of
information through the Osaka Securities Press Club in Kitahama.
There are more than 600 listed companies in the Kansai region, and in addition to disseminating
information via the internet, listed companies also meet directly with newspapers, broadcasters and othermedia with the main focus on trends in business performance.
The main information disseminated is the financial results, including the main financial statements, theinterim (2Q) financial statements and in some companies the quarterly financial statements. It is also
used for when there are important events in the business or when a new president is appointed.
Provides a forum for the efficient dissemination of information by listed companies
Presentation of listed companies' financial results (5F), depending on the numberof journalists expected, the space on 4F and 5F is used.
The Osaka Securities Press Club, located on the fourth floor of the stock exchange,
hosted a total of more than 800 press conferences per year before the Corona
virus disaster and the club currently hosts a total of 300 press conferences a year,with some restrictions. In the past, during periods when financial results were being announced, there
were noisy scenes in the press room with people involved, so you may be familiar with the club.
The Exchange is happy to lend space (free of charge) and arrange times for this dissemination. Recently
we have created a contact tool for journalists within the Corona virus disaster (a mailing list forjournalists), and are constantly looking for ways to provide more efficient support in accordance with theactual situation.
The Corona virus disaster has continued for a long time, and both the Osaka Securities Press Club and theonline press conference serve as important instruments for information dissemination. The diversificationof means of communication is likely to continue and we will continue to actively support thedissemination of information by listed companies in the Kansai region.