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Our Organization

Our Organization Chart

The following highlights the organization of the Asset Management Company of the Fund:

Our Organization Chart

The following elaborates on the respective focuses of each of our Asset Manager's functional areas:

Department Summary of Business
Retail Division Business concerning acquisition and disposal of specified assets and management and administration of specified assets under the asset management with JRF
Industrial Division Business concerning acquisition and disposal of specified assets and management and administration of specified assets under the asset management agreement with IIF
Strategic Planning
Department		 Business concerning stocks, shareholders, the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Board of Directors' meeting, formulating, implementing, monitoring, and reporting strategic long-term goals and plans, contacts for interview by newspaper and magazine, etc., contacts for participating and application in events, etc.
Operations Planning &
Accounting Department		 Business concerning preparation and submission of required periodical disclosure documents, reporting and press releases of the Investment Corporation required under the disclosure rules of the TSE and the U.S securities & Exchange Commission, accounting closing, financial statement, and taxation of Investment Corporation and the Asset Management Company, liaison with general administration trust company of Investment Corporation, business concerning publications, etc.
Finance Department Business concerning support in establishment of financial strategies of the Investment Corporation, planning and proposals concerning the method of financing the Investment Corporation, communication with rating agencies, etc.
Human Resources &
Corporate Services
Department		 Business concerning personnel and human resources management, internal general affairs, miscellaneous clerical operations and works of secretary, administration, development management and information security administration of the information system, etc.
Compliance Administration
Office		 Matters concerning compliance with various regulations including laws, ordinances and internal rules, compliance with corporate ethics and, the code of conduct, and compliance education to officers and employees
Internal Audit Office Auditing the operation and execution of business of each department, office, committee and other internal bodies, accounting operations, compliance with various regulations including laws and ordinances, formulating the internal audit policy and audit plan, and reporting audit results
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About Our Asset Management Team

Our asset management company team, led by Takuya Kuga, is comprised of 89 full-time employees as of November 25, 2011. Most of them are real estate and finance professionals and many have worked both in Japan and abroad. The Asset Manager's professionals have extensive experience in property ownership and management, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, marketing, finance, tax, financial reporting and data processing, risk assessment and management, as well as other functions associated with comprehensive asset management.

Management of the Asset Manager

  • The directors of the Asset Manager are as follows:
Takuya Kuga (President & CEO)
Apr. 1986 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office (General Machinery Department）
Apr. 1988 Development & Construction First Division
July. 1989 Construction & Building Equipment Division
Apr. 1994 Residential & Regional Development Department
Oct. 1996 Overseas Properties and Project Development Department
Dec. 1997 Temporarily transferred to MC Realty,　Inc. (Dallas Texas, USA)
Jun. 1999 Temporarily transferred to　MC Realty, Inc. (Los Angeles California, USA)
Mar. 2003 Mitsubishi Corporation Head office Global Real Estate Unit
Apr. 2003 Mitsubishi Corporation Head office Property & Project Development Unit
Oct. 2004 Part-time Director of Diamond Realty Management Inc.
Apr. 2007 Mitsubishi Corporation Head office Commercial Properties Development & Management Unit
May. 2008 President & CEO of Diamond Realty Management Inc.
Jun. 2009 Director of Mitsubishi Corp. - UBS Realty Inc.
Oct. 2009 President & CEO of Mitsubishi Corp. – UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
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Takanobu Yoshimoto (Deputy President & Representative Director)
Apr. 1987 The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Treasury Division)
July. 1990 System Development Division of the Bank
May. 1996 Received MBA at the School of Business of Columbia University (U.S.)
Jun. 1996 Manager of Structured Finance Division of the Bank
Apr. 1997 LTCB Investment Management Co., Ltd.
(presently, UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.)
Manager of Operation & Administration Division and Investment Planning Division
July. 1998 Director of Control & Administration of LTCB UBS Brinson Co., Ltd.
(presently, UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.)
Oct. 2000 Director of Financial Institutions and Intermediaries of UBS Brinson Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. (presently, UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.)
Oct. 2004 Head of Client Management of UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.
Aug. 2006 Executive Director and Head of Client Management of the Company
Dec. 2009 Senior Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Corp. - UBS Realty Inc.
Feb. 2010 Deputy President & Representative Director of Mitsubishi Corp. – UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
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Koichi Murata (Director / part-time)
Apr. 1979 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Jun. 1981 Mitsubishi Corporation Baghdad Branch, Republic of Iraq
Nov. 1983 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Mar. 1990 Mitsubishi International Corporation New York Office
Sep. 1991 Mitsubishi International Corporation Los Angeles Office
Sep. 1994 Mitsubishi Corporation Realty, Inc. (Los Angeles California, USA)
Nov. 1996 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Nov. 2004 President of Diamond Realty Management, Inc.
Apr. 2007 Head of Real Estate Investment and Development, Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Part-time Director of Diamond Realty Management, Inc. (present-post)
May. 2007 Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development, Inc.
Oct. 2010 Head of Real Estate Investment & Management Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development Group, Mitsubishi Corporation (present-post)
Dec. 2010 Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. (present-post)
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Kazuyuki Suzuki (Director / part-time)
Apr. 1982 Mitsubishi Corporation, Insurance Dept.
Jul. 1986 MSK Insurance Center, Inc.
Nov. 1988 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office, Insurance Dept.
Jun. 1992 Mitsubishi International Corporation New York Office
Jan. 1998 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office, Traffic and Insurance Dept.
Apr. 2000 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office, Logistics Solutions & SCM Business Unit
Mar. 2003 General Manager of Logistics Solutions & SCM Business Unit, Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Mar. 2005 General Manager of Logistics Solutions & SCM Business Unit, & Risk Engineering Unit, Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corporation Insurance Center Ltd.
Mar. 2006 General Manager of Risk Engineering Unit, Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Dec. 2007 General Manager of Strategic Planning, Group CEO Office, Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office
Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development Group
Oct. 2010 General Manager of Real Estate Asset Management Team, Real Estate Investment & Management Unit, Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office (present-post)
Part-time Director of Diamond Realty Management, Inc.
Dec. 2010 Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. (present-post)
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Katsuji Okamoto (Director / part-time)
Apr. 1989 Mitsubishi Corporation, Machinery Administration Dept
Dec. 1993 Commercial and Finance & Accounting Buenos Aires Project Office of Mitsubishi Corporation
Dec. 1996 Project Finance Office Finance Dept. of Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr. 2000 Project Development Australia Unit. Natural Gas Div. of Mitsubishi Corporation
Dec. 2001 Financial Services Unit, Finance Services and Investment Banking Div. of Mitsubishi Corporation
Oct. 2004 Head of Acquisition and Investment.
Diamond Realty Management Inc.
Apr. 2007 Representative Director
Diamond Realty Management Inc.
May 2008 Department Head, Industrial Finance, Logistics and Development, Singapore Branch of Mitsubishi Corporation
Sep. 2011 Real Estate Investment & Management Unit
Industrial Finance, Logistics and Development Group of Mitsubishi Corporation
Oct. 2011 Head of Strategic Planning Office
Real Estate Investment & Management Unit
Industrial Finance, Logistics and Development Group of Mitsubishi Corporation (present-post)
Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. (present-post)
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James W. O’Keefe (Director / part-time)
Jun. 1972 Joined Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
July. 1987 Managing Director, Real Estate Investment Banking Department of Kidder Peabody & Co.
Feb. 1993 President & CEO, Aetna Realty Investors
Jun. 1996 President & CEO of Allegis Realty Investors (predecessor of UBS Realty Investors)
Dec. 1999 Global Head, Real Estate Division of UBS Global Asset Management, Chairman of UBS Realty Investors LLC
Apr. 2004 Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corp. – UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
Jan. 2007 Senior Advisor & Managing Director, Global Real Estate Division of UBS Global Asset Management
Apr. 2008 Senior Advisor of UBS Global Asset Management (present post)
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Paul W. Marcuse (Director / part-time)
1980 Joined First Dallas limited (London)
1982 Executive Director, Investment Banking & Real Estate Division of Goldman Sachs International Limited (London)
Apr. 1992 Managing Director, Private Equity Division of BZW Limited (London)
Jan. 1997 Managing Director, Investment Banking Department, Group Head, European Property Hotel Group of UBS Limited (London)
Aug. 1998 RODAMCO Group
Finance Director, RODAMCO United Kingdom BV, Managing Director, RODAMCO Venture Capital Mangers Limited
Mar. 2000 AXA Investment Managers, Chief Executive of AXA Real Estate Investment
Managers, Member of Management Executive Committee of AXA Investment Managers
Jan. 2007 Head of Global Real Estate Division, UBS Global Asset Management, Member of Management Executive Committee (present post)
Apr. 2007 Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corp. – UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
Mar. 2008 Member of Group Managing Board of UBS Group (present post)
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Susumu Okamura (Director / part-time)
Apr. 1985 Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company Domestic and International Credit Center
Apr. 1991 Dai-ichi Life International (USA) Inc.Corporate Finance Deparment
Apr. 1995 The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company Human Resources Management Department
Apr. 1998 The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company Manager of Security Investment Department Forex Investment Team
Apr. 2000 President & CEO of Kogin Dai-ichi Life Asset Management Inc.
(present name: DIAM USA)
Apr. 2004 The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning Department
Apr. 2005 Kogin Dai-ichi Life Asset Management Inc. (present name: DIAM Asset Management) Leader of Management Planning Group
Nov. 2005 Joined UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.
Head of Product Development & Management
Jun. 2006 Board of Director of UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.
Feb. 2008 UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.
Head of Institutional Marketing & Products
Nov. 2008 Representative Director & President of UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.
Jun. 2009 Part-time Director of Mitsubishi Corp. - UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
Aug. 2009 President & Head of Management Department of UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.
Mar. 2011 Representative Director & President of UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. (present post)
Jun. 2011 Executive Director of The Investment Trusts Association, Japan (present post)
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  • The corporate auditors of the Asset Manager are as follows:
Takashi Imai (Auditor / full-time)
Mar. 1973 Joined Audit Dept. of Deloitte Huskins & Sells Tokyo Office
Oct. 1980 Honolulu Office of the Company
Apr. 1981 Manager of Audit Dept.
Nov. 1988 Partner of Mita Kaikei
(Deloitte Huskins & Sells Tokyo Office was reorganized to audit firm)
Jun. 1990 Partner of Toshiaki Katsushima Tax Office (Mita Kaikei merged with Tomatsu Aoki Kansa Hojin to form Tohmatsu Audit Company, and Toshiaki Katsushima Tax Office was a spin-off of tax department of Tohmatsu Audit Company)
May. 2002 Joined Tohmatsu Tax Corporation (Toshiaki Katsushima Tax Office was reorganized to Tohmatsu Tax Corporation)
Oct. 2003 Joined Takashi Imai CPA & Tax Office (present post)
Jun. 2004 Auditor of Mitsubishi Corp. – UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
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Takahiro Kitamoto (Auditor / part-time)
Apr. 1982 Jointed Mitsubishi Corporation, Credit Dept.
Dec. 1994 Mitsubishi International Corporation Head Office (New York)
Nov. 1999 Mitsubishi Corporation Financial & Management Services (Japan)Ltd.
Apr. 2000 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office, Risk management Dept, Portfolio Administration Team
Jul. 2004 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office, Comptroller Office, Investment Administration Team
Oct. 2005 Mitsubishi Corporation Hong Kong Ltd. Director, General Manager, Credit, Administration, and IT Management Dept.
Jan. 2008 Mitsubishi Corporation Shanghai Ltd. Vice President & CFO.
May 2011 Mitsubishi Corporation Head Office, General Manager, Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development Group Administration Dept. (present post)
Jun. 2011 Part-time Auditor of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
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Mitsuaki Kuze (Auditor / part-time)
Apr. 1973 Joined Long-term Credit Bank of Japan
Apr. 1976 Transferred to the Ministry of Finance of Japan
(Government Debt Division, Financial Bureau)
Apr. 1978 International Finance Division of Long-term Credit Bank of Japan
Mar. 1981 Temporarily transferred to LTCB International Limited (London)
Oct. 1985 Corporate Strategy Planning Division and Capital Markets Planning Division of Long-term Credit Bank of Japan
Apr. 1992 Temporarily transferred to Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. (Connecticut, USA) as Executive Vice President of the Company
Jun. 1994 Joint General Manager, Long-term Credit Bank of Japan Americas Division (New York)
Jun. 1997 Temporarily transferred to LTCB Investment Management Co., Ltd., General Manager, Pension Fund Management Division I
Apr. 1998 Executive Officer, LTCB UBS Brinson Co., Ltd.
(changed the name to UBS Brinson Asset Management Co., Ltd. in October 1998)
Apr. 1999 Director, member of the Board (in charge of account management) of the Company
Dec. 1999 Executive Director of UBS (Trust & Banking) Limited
Mar. 2000 Director, member of the Board (in charge of compliance and risk management) and Head of Compliance of the Bank
Aug. 2002 Standing Auditor of the Bank
Mar. 2004 Standing Auditor of UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd, (present post)
Apr. 2004 Part-time Auditor of Mitsubishi Corp. – UBS Realty Inc. (present post)
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Key Full-time Employees

  • The key full-time employees of the Asset Manager include:
Kenji Iizumi
Kenji Iizumi joined the Asset Manager as the Head of Compliance administration in January 2008. Prior to that, he had worked for more than thirty years at The Bank of Tokyo (the predecessor firm of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ). He worked in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Paris mainly as an account officer for corporate customers. He was seconded to Japan Credit Rating Agency as a senior analyst for assigning the credit rating to Samurai bonds for three years from 1994. For the last ten years, he was engaged in internal audit for overseas branches and subsidiaries as a senior manager of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Mr.Iizumi received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Waseda University and the qualification of Certified Internal Auditor from Institute of Internal Auditors, Florida, USA.
Fuminori Imanishi
Fuminori Imanishi serves as the Head of Retail Division at the Asset Manager, which he joined in April 2005 as the Head of the Strategic Planning Department. Prior to joining the Asset Manager, he had worked since 2001 at Hankyu Corporation, an Osaka-based railway and transportation company, where he was in charge of originating real estate securitizations, planning of new real estate-related investment businesses and the establishment of a J-REIT asset management company by Hankyu Corporation. Prior to that, he had worked for over 20 years at MYCAL Corporation (presently, AEON Retail Co., Ltd.), one of Japan's large-scale retail operators, where he served as the General Manager of its Financial Planning Office from 1998 and executed various financial transactions, including the securitization of a number of shopping center properties. Mr. Imanishi received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Shiga University. He is a licensed real estate broker in Japan.
Yoshito Nishikawa
Yoshito Nishikawa joined Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. in 2006 and currently serves as the head of industrial division. Mr. Nishikawa previously was the national director for LaSalle Investment Management K.K. where he was responsible for acquisitions and asset management of a global REIT. Prior to that he held various positions at Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. Mr. Nishikawa received a bachelor of arts degree in agricultural economics from Tokyo University.
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