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Apr. 09, 2025: PENTA-OCEAN CONSTRUCTION: Reviewed Green Bond Evaluation: Green 1

Apr. 08, 2025: JCR Affirmed AA-/Stable and J-1+ on Asahi Group HD; JCR Affirmed AA/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on 77 Bank; JCR Assigned Preliminary AA+ Rating to Shelf Registration of Sompo HD; JCR Assigned A Rating to SPIRE SA Series 2025-237; Results of Review of Structured Finance Products (Excluding Those to Which Credit Ratings Are Assigned) March 2025; LEQUIOS, THE KAGOSHIMA BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance

Apr. 07, 2025: JCR Affirmed A+ Long-term Issuer Rating on Pan Pacific International HD; Revised Outlook to Positive; JCR Affirmed A+ Long-term Issuer Rating on UCS; Revised Outlook to Positive; Change in CP Maximum Amount of HOKKAIDO GAS; Affirmed J-1; JCR Affirmed A+/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on EXEDY; JCR Affirmed BBB+/Stable and J-2 on JK HD; JCR Affirmed A/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on Shibusawa Logistics; JCR Affirmed J-1 Rating on CP of TOKAI HD; JCR Assigned Preliminary A Rating to Shelf Registration of DIC

Apr. 04, 2025: JCR Placed Rating on Makino Milling Machine under Credit Monitor #A-/Positive; JCR Assigned AA+ Rating to Bonds of ITOCHU; JCR Assigned A+ Rating to Bonds of Keikyu; JCR Assigned AA+ Rating to Bonds of JAPAN TOBACCO; JCR Assigned AA Rating to Bonds of Tohoku Electric Power; JCR Assigned AA Rating to Bonds of Kansai Electric Power; JCR Assigned AA Rating to Bonds of Chubu Electric Power; JCR Assigned AA Rating to Bonds of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing; JCR Assigned AA Rating to Bonds (with no financial covenants) of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; JCR Assigned Preliminary BBB+ Rating to Shelf Registration of GENDA; JCR Assigned Preliminary AA Rating to Shelf Registration of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank; The Joyo Bank: Second Opinion on Sustainable Deposit Framework

Apr. 03, 2025: JCR Assigned BBB+/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating to JINUSHI; JCR Affirmed A-/Stable FC Long-term Issuer Rating on Lotte Capital and Assigned A-/Stable to LC Long-term Issuer Rating; JCR Affirmed AA Long-term Issuer Rating on Central American Bank for Economic Integration; Revised Outlook to Positive; JCR Affirmed A-/Stable FC Long-term Issuer Rating on Vena Energy HD and Vena Energy Capital; JCR Affirmed A/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on ZENKOKU HOSHO; JCR Affirmed A+/Stable (FC/LC) on Slovak Republic; JCR Affirmed A/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on Tosei Reit Investment Corporation

Apr. 02, 2025: Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Entered Container Leasing Business—Limited Impact on Rating; Revisions of Rating Methodology for a Holding Company; Revisions of Rating Methodology by Sector "Securities"; JCR Affirmed AA+/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on JAPAN TOBACCO; JCR Affirmed A+/Stable FC Long-term Issuer Rating on Teollisuuden Voima Oyj; JCR Affirmed A+/Stable FC Long-term Issuer Rating on Pohjolan Voima Oyj; JCR Affirmed A/Stable (FC/LC) on Thai Union Group; JCR Affirmed AA/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on LaSalle LOGIPORT REIT

Apr. 01, 2025: JCR Affirmed A Long-term Issuer Rating on SoftBank Group; Revised Outlook to Negative; JCR Affirmed BBB+/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on Southern TOHOKU Social Welfare Foundation; Change in CP Maximum Amount of Sekisui House; Affirmed J-1+; JCR Affirmed AA/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on Concordia Financial Group, Bank of Yokohama and Higashi-Nippon Bank; JCR Affirmed AA/Stable and J-1+ on L&F Asset Finance; JCR Assigned Preliminary A+ Rating to Shelf Registration of Nagoya Railroad; Hyogo Prefecture, Cities and Towns: Reviewed Green Bond Framework Evaluation: Green 1(F); The Tama Shinkin Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance Framework

Mar. 31, 2025: The US Administration Announced It Would Impose Uniform 25% Additional Tariff on Imported Automobiles—JCR Will Watch Impact on Business Performance and Finances of Japanese Companies; MS&AD Group Invests in Major U.S. Insurance Company—No Immediate Impact on Ratings; JCR Affirmed A- (FC) on Renault; Revised Outlook to Positive; JCR Affirmed AA-/Stable Long-term Issuer Rating on HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS; JCR Assigned Preliminary A+ Rating to Shelf Registration of Daicel; Seihou Building: Assigned Green Loan Evaluation: Green 1; Dai-ichi Life Diversified REIT: Reviewed Green Loan Framework Evaluation: Green 1(F); Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance: Reviewed Green Finance Framework Evaluation: Green 1(F); AIFUL GROUP: Reviewed Social Finance Framework Evaluation: Social 1(F); SBI Shinsei Bank: Reviewed Sustainability Finance Framework Evaluation: SU 1(F); Hulic Reit: Reviewed Sustainability Finance Framework Evaluation: SU 1(F); KG Holdings: Second Party Opinion on Sustainability Linked Loan Framework; Open House Group, Mizuho Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Daiei Real Estate & Development, Mizuho Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; One Do, The Ashikaga Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; AYALA Industrial, The Ashikaga Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; SHIMADA　INDUSTRIAL, The Ashikaga Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Winfield Japan, The Ashikaga Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Yamatojuken, The Senshu Ikeda Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; HOUSE DO JAPAN, THE KYOTO CHUO SHINKIN BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; F Bit Communications, THE KYOTO CHUO SHINKIN BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; NISSAKU, THE SAITAMAKEN SHINKIN BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Matsuzakaya Kenzai, THE SAITAMAKEN SHINKIN BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; KAMISATOKENSETSU, THE SAITAMAKEN SHINKIN BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; MIMASU, San ju San Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; M.O.C, San ju San Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; REC, San ju San Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Yaguchi Gikou, THE SHIZUOKA BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Ryutsu Service, THE SHIZUOKA BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Satisfactory, The Shoko Chukin Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; HAL INDUSTRY, The Shoko Chukin Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Kaneyama, The Shoko Chukin Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Mitsuwa, The Shoko Chukin Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; tamaki niime, The Shoko Chukin Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; MUSASHI Corporation, The Chiba Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; MUGEN ESTATE, The Chiba Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; ANTHEM, The Chiba Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Otanikenzoshoten, The Nanto Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; CHUOSAISEKI, The Nanto Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; WABUTSU, The Nanto Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; MAINTENANCE KOSHIBA, The Nanto Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE, THE NISHI-NIPPON CITY BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; YKG Express, THE NISHI-NIPPON CITY BANK: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; shinohara-ken, Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; greencoopmilk, THE BANK OF FUKUOKA: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Kumagai-Kaitai, The Hokkaido Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance; Yakuhan Pharmaceutical, The Hokkaido Bank: Second Opinion on Positive Impact Finance

Mar. 28, 2025: JCR Affirmed A/Stable on Miyazaki Bank; Assigned A/Stable to Miyagin Lease and Miyagin Guarantee; JCR Affirmed A Long-term Issuer Rating on Takasago Thermal Engineering; Revised Outlook to Positive; JCR Affirmed BBB (FC)and BBB+ (LC) on Romania; Revised Outlook to Negative

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