About TFX

What is TFX?

Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. (TFX) is a primary financial instruments exchange and clearing house in Japan which offers various products: Interest Rate Futures contracts, FX Daily Futures contracts and Equity Index Daily Futures contracts.

TFX was established in April 1989, as a membership organization with the capital provided by major domestic and foreign financial institutions and started the Matching and Clearing Business in June 1989. In April 2004, TFX was demutualized and incorporated. Our company name was changed to the current name, Tokyo Financial Exchange in September 2007.

Under the Financial instruments and Exchange Act, through responding to the needs of investors and promoting to develop the new lines of attractive products, TFX, as an advanced exchange, contributes to the growth of Japanese financial markets and is continuing to construct a reliable and leading market infrastructure.

Corporate Outline

Name Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc.
Address Tekko Building 8th Floor
1-8-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Founding April, 1989
Capital 5,844,650,000 yen
President & CEO Takuo Hirota
Staff 71 people (As of March 31, 2023)
Access Map Access map is here

Our Organization Chart

Our Organization Chart

Board of Directors and Board of Auditors

Board of Directors

President & CEO Takuo Hirota
Senior Managing Director Shinichi Yamashita
Member of the Board Tetsuo Seki
Junko Hirakawa
Yasumasa Nishi
Hiroshi Kawamoto

Self-Regulatory Committee

Chairperson Yasumasa Nishi
Members Tetsuo Seki
Shinichi Yamashita

Board of Auditors

Standing Statutory Auditor Jun Ubukata
Statutory Auditor Yukio Ono
Hideaki Sudo

Advisory Committee

Wholesale Market Operation Committee

Chairperson Zentaro Kanatani
Vice Chairperson Wataru Nishino
Members Masaru Ishibashi
Yuko Ogawa
Ryo Kato
Kengo Taguchi
Haruko Nakano
Tomoaki Hirao
Shigeki Morita

Retail Market Operation Committee

Chairperson Tatsuki Yamamoto
Vice Chairperson Takashi Fujita
Members Atsushi Koide
Hidefumi Sakamoto
Takuma Sano
Takayuki Tatara
Tomoaki Hirao
Yanakawa Yasuhiro
Hirobumi Yamada

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