E-Associates Inc.

E-Associates Inc. (イー・アソシエイツ株式会社) is a Japanese corporate communications and investor relations (IR) support company headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Founded in March 2000, the company was established around the idea — inspired by "The Cluetrain Manifesto" — that "markets are conversations" and that the internet's real significance lies in restoring conversation to markets. Its mission is to provide services and infrastructure that let companies and market participants hold richer, more efficient dialogue, thereby contributing to a healthier market economy. The company pioneered digital corporate communications in Japan. At a time when annual reports, shareholder newsletters, and face-to-face meetings were still the norm, E-Associates anticipated the digital transformation of corporate communications and was an early domestic provider of conference-call earnings briefings and webcast venue-based earnings presentations. It has since built a broad service menu covering IR event live and on-demand streaming, IR document and disclosure support, English disclosure and translation, investor targeting and outreach, AI-assisted transcription and minutes, and integrated-report consulting. E-Associates positions itself as a one-stop IR partner that supports not only a company's "ability to communicate" but also its "ability to engage in dialogue." Its services span earnings briefings, shareholder meetings, disclosure documents, and investor dialogue. According to company materials, it handled roughly 2,200 IR events per year (2020) and about 12,000 events over the decade from 2011 to 2020, serving 391 client companies as of March 2021, including 187 JPX400 constituents. It claims industry-leading share in annual IR briefing events, with about 47% of JPX400 companies using its services and more than 20% penetration in 12 of the 33 TSE First Section industries. Ownership has changed over time. E-Associates was originally established on March 1, 2000. Chorus Call Asia Co., Ltd. was established on April 1, 2013, and on May 2, 2022 it acquired 100% of E-Associates' shares, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. On December 1, 2025, Chorus Call Asia absorbed E-Associates by merger and changed its own name to E-Associates Inc. The company is 100% owned by Link and Motivation Inc. (株式会社リンクアンドモチベーション), and its representative director and president is Tadao Kondo (近藤忠雄). In recent years the company has expanded its technology partnerships and offerings, including an ISV partner agreement with Zoom announced in March 2026 to strengthen streaming of earnings briefings and other major events, and on-demand distribution of its own online seminars. It continues to frame its role around helping listed companies adapt to Tokyo Stock Exchange reforms, growing shareholder activism, virtual shareholder meetings, and the expansion of individual investors through NISA.

E-Associates Inc. was founded on March 1, 2000, inspired by "The Cluetrain Manifesto," which argued that markets are conversations and that the internet's true significance lies in restoring conversation to markets. The company's founding philosophy was to provide services and infrastructure enabling companies and market participants to hold efficient, substantive dialogue, contributing to a better market economy. At the time, corporate communications in Japan still centered on paper media such as annual reports and shareholder newsletters, and on face-to-face meetings. E-Associates anticipated the digital transformation of corporate communications and became a domestic pioneer, launching conference-call earnings briefings and webcasts of venue-based earnings presentations. Over the following two decades it expanded into a broad IR support business covering event streaming, document production, translation, investor outreach, and related services. By 2020 the company reported handling roughly 2,200 IR events per year, and about 12,000 events cumulatively over the decade from 2011 to 2020. As of March 2021 it served 391 client companies, including 187 JPX400 constituents, and claimed industry-leading share in annual IR briefing events, with about 47% of JPX400 companies using its services and more than 20% penetration in 12 of the 33 TSE First Section industries. Ownership and corporate structure changed in the 2020s. Chorus Call Asia Co., Ltd. was established on April 1, 2013. On May 2, 2022, Chorus Call Asia acquired 100% of E-Associates' shares, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. On December 1, 2025, Chorus Call Asia absorbed E-Associates by merger and changed its own name to E-Associates Inc. The company is 100% owned by Link and Motivation Inc., and its representative director and president is Tadao Kondo. In recent years E-Associates has continued to evolve its services in response to Tokyo Stock Exchange reforms following the April 2022 market restructuring, growing shareholder activism, virtual shareholder meetings, and the expansion of individual investors through NISA. It has also pursued technology partnerships, including an ISV partner agreement with Zoom announced in March 2026 to strengthen streaming of earnings briefings and other major events, and has begun offering on-demand distribution of its own online seminars.

• E-Associates Inc. founded.

• Chorus Call Asia Co., Ltd. established.

• Chorus Call Asia acquired 100% of E-Associates' shares, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

• Chorus Call Asia absorbed E-Associates by merger and changed its name to E-Associates Inc.

• Signed ISV partner agreement with Zoom to strengthen streaming of earnings briefings and other major events.

One-stop IR and corporate communications partner specializing in investor dialogue, with industry-leading share in Japanese IR event handling.

• IR event live/on-demand streaming support

  Live and on-demand streaming of IR events including earnings briefings and shareholder meetings, with on-site distribution, subtitles, multi-site simultaneous connections, and interpretation support.

• IR document and disclosure support

  Comprehensive support for briefing slides, securities reports, integrated reports, and investor messages, including structuring, writing, and design.

• English disclosure and translation support

  Immediate translation, proofreading translation, earnings release translation (next-day delivery), Japanese-English IR document support, and disclosure translation with schedule management.

• Investor targeting and approach support

  Direct investor outreach using a proprietary institutional investor database, including support for attracting investors to briefings.

• AI transcription and minutes support / Zoom and Teams meeting support

  Transcription, archive organization, and data formatting for briefings, leveraging AI and other technologies based on IR knowledge and experience.

• Integrated report creation consulting

  Consulting for integrated report creation, including support for defining materiality.

1. 1イー・アソシエイツ株式会社 公式サイトe-associates.co.jp
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3. 3会社案内e-associates.co.jp
4. 4アクセスマップe-associates.co.jp
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