Established in Singapore in 1997 and listed on the Catalist Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited in February 2009, Japan Foods Holding Ltd (“Japan Foods”) is one of the leading Japanese restaurant chains in Singapore. Constantly evolving with changing consumer tastes, Japan Foods has successfully expanded its restaurant portfolio to encompass both franchised and self-developed Japanese concept brands. To widen its customer reach, the Group launched its frst Japanese Halal concept restaurant called “Tokyo Shokudo” in 2020. Since then, it has penetrated deeper into the “no pork, no lard” market segment with the launch of new self-developed brands such as “Yakiniku Shokudo” and “Edo Shokudo”. Regionally, the Group’s network extends beyond Singapore to include a restaurant in Malaysia under a sub-franchise agreement and restaurants in Hong Kong, China and Indonesia operated by associate companies. Japan Foods has a joint venture company with Minor Food Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd (“Minor Singapore”) called Dining Collective Pte. Ltd., which was formed to conduct the business of franchising and operating existing restaurant brands owned by the Group and Minor Singapore in Thailand, Japan and the People’s Republic of China. For its efforts in corporate governance, Japan Foods was named the “Most Transparent Company (Catalist)” at the 17th SIAS Investors’ Choice Awards in 2016 and also awarded the “Transparency Award – SMEs” at the 18th SIAS Investors’ Choice Awards 2017. In July 2018, the Group received the “Best Managed Board Award (Gold)” at the Singapore Corporate Awards 2018 and in September 2018, it was named Runner-Up in the “Most Transparent Company – Hotel / Restaurant” award category at the 19th SIAS Investors’ Choice Awards 2018. In 2019, it was once again recognised at the Singapore Corporate Awards for “Best Annual Report (Silver)”. At the SIAS Investors Choice Awards 2022, it was named Runner-Up for the “Most Transparent Company Award - Consumer Discretionary” category.