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Mar. 10, 2025  JPX Shows its Support for Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2025

The UN has designated March 8 as International Women's Day, and every year on that day, exchanges around the world hold bell-ringing ceremonies to show their support for women’s active participation in society.

This year, JPX held a bell-ringing ceremony with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the United Nations Global Compact, UN Women, the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), and Women in ETFs, together with JPX executives and employees.

At this year's bell-ringing ceremony, Moriyuki Iwanaga, President and CEO of Tokyo Stock Exchange, gave welcome remarks, and in addition to messages from the host organizations, there was a panel discussion with Toshiyuki Imamura, Managing Director, Responsible Investment & Start-up Investment at Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. / Women in ETFs Japan Chapter; Atsuko Kakihara, Director at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.; Atsuko Itoh, Executive Director at East Japan Railway Company; and Masanori Yoshida, Executive Officer at JPX.