MEDIA MAGAZINE CO., LTD.

1. NEXT COMMUNICATION

2. Date established: August 7th, 1995

3. Products carried:
1) Our own brands:
*H&A signage
Air pop signs (large balloon signs - 3m x 80cm phi), deco-lines (LED-illuminated lines that can be placed onto existing signboards), and other cutting-edge but affordable sign branding.

*H&A stationery
Memo pads, stickers, albums and other stationery, as well as straps, keyholders, mugs and other fancy accessories. (We welcome OEM and novelty good orders)

*KAMIBUKUROU (paper bags, PE bags, wrapping paper)
Shopping bags which achieve super-low prices via overseas production (centrally in Korea).

*Chara-bank (mascot character bank)
This is a character shop which rents and sells a variety of mascots developed by our company.

2) Our media outlets
*Step: Local town information magazine
Developed, compiled and published by our company, and distributed to all areas of Chita Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture.

*Step+ (Step Plus): Website
As Step's official website, adds useful lifestyle information to the publication above, and acts as a regional portal site.

3) Mail order business
Our company's business operations have been revamped into a variety of business categories, and our mail order venture has been deployed in the form of a catalog promoting solutions for promoting sales in different industries.

*HiKICK (aimed at the construction industry) and Heil Driver (aimed at the parking industry).

4. Track record
*Step
First published in August 1995 (30,000 copies)
Changed to the current A4 size in March 2004, and rebranded as the Chita Peninsula town information magazine "Step"
October 2004 - 50,000 copies published
June 2012 - 85,700 copies published

*Air pop sign sales (domestic market)
219 signs (from September 2011 to July 2012)

5. We consider our company's raison d'etre to be ensuring the success of our customers' businesses and shops. Our activities focus on planning and retail promotion proposals. We believe that customers always come first, and that is our absolute first rule of business. We spare no effort to make this a reality and ensure that our customers are satisfied.