Japan Exchange Group

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
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Native name	株式会社日本取引所グループ
Type	Public K.K.
Traded as	TYO: 8697
Industry	Financial services
Founded	January 1, 2013
Headquarters	Kabutochō, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Atsushi Saito, CEO
Products	Securities exchange
Subsidiaries	Tokyo Stock Exchange; Osaka Securities Exchange; Japan Exchange Regulation; Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
Website	JPX.co.jp/

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (株式会社日本取引所グループ, kabushiki gaisha nippon (or nihon) torihikijo gurūpu^?) (JPX) is an Asian financial services corporation that operates multiple securities exchanges including Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange. It was formed by the merger of the two companies on January 1, 2013.

It is the world's third largest (behind NYSE Euronext and NASDAQ OMX Group) and Asia's largest bourse.^[1]

History

November 22, 2011 - TSE and OSE decided to merge into one, as a solution to slowing market conditions in Japan.^[2]
July 5, 2012 - The Japan Fair Trade Commission approved the TSE-OSE merger.^[1]
January 1, 2013 - JPX was launched.
January 4, 2013 - JPX was listed at TSE's first section (8697). JPX also assumed OSE's own ticker symbol (also 8697).