TAKEFUJI CORPORATION   15-1 Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8654 Japan March 16, 2005 For release    Immediately Representative Hikaru Kondo, President Contact Investor Relations Tel: 81-3-3365-8011 Fax: 81-3-3365-8070 Stock Code No. 8564 TYOSE Takefuji to Obtain both "BS7799-2" Certification on the International Standard and the "ISMS (Ver. 2.0)" Certification on Japanese Standard for Information Security Management Systems  Takefuji Corporation is pleased to announce that it has obtained the "BS7799-2: 2002" certification on the international standard and the "ISMS (Ver. 2.0)" certification on Japan's domestic standard for information security management systems on March 15, 2005. These certifications accredit the Information Systems Department, which is centrally responsible for all life cycles of planning, development, operation and maintenance of Takefuji's information processing functions. Takafuji is the first consumer finance company in Japan to obtain those certifications.  Engaged in the consumer finance business and the credit card business, Takafuji must maintain important information to provide its services, including customers' personal and transaction data. From the time of its establishment, Takefuji has recognized its duty to prevent any incident involving information security and to safely manage important information supplied by customers, so that it can provide security and credibility for customers and offer top-level services based on its "Customer First" policy. Positioning the information transferred on networks and computers as well as information systems as critical information assets, Takafuji has continuously strengthened the protection and management always in the best possible manners. The recent simultaneous acquisition of the international and domestic certifications on security management systems are evidence that Takefuji's commitment to information management has been appropriately and securely implemented.  Takefuji will maintain its advanced information security management systems and endeavor to further improve its information control systems to enable it to provide its customers with security and credibility. End Reference [Description of Certifications]   Office : Information Systems Department Scope of certification : Information processing relating to the consumer finance business and the credit card business Standards : BS7799-2:2002 and ISMS Certification Standard (Ver. 2.0) Certificate numbers : BS7799-2:2002(IS 90516) (IS 90516)      ISMS Certification Standard (Ver. 2.0)  (IJ 01329) Date of registration : March 15, 2005 Certification/registration body : BSI Japan K.K. Accreditation bodies : BS7799-2: 2002 The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)    ISMS Certification Standard (Ver. 2.0) Japan Information  Processing Development Corporation (JIPDEC) [About the BS7799-2: 2002] The BS7799-2: 2002 is an internationally recognized standard specification for information security management systems formulated by the British Standards Institution (BSI). It has been established as a standard aimed at providing an effective model of construction, operation and management of information security management systems. [About the ISMS] The ISMS Certification Standard (Ver. 2.0) is a certification standard used by third-party certification and registration bodies to make conformity assessments of those business operators who seek certification under the scheme to assess the conformity of their information security management systems. The standard has been formulated on the basis of the British standard BS7799-2: 2002 and is administered by the Japan Information Processing Development Corporation (JIPDEC). Back by Takefuji co.