- CEO
- Kaga Yanagisawa
- Full Time Employees
- 16,894
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Information Technology Services
- Address
- Otemachi Financial City Grand Cube Tokyo TY Japan 100-0004
- IPO Date
- Oct 27, 2017
- Business
- Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI) provides consulting services, financial IT solutions, industrial IT solutions, and IT platform services primarily in Japan and internationally. Founded in 1965 and headquartered at Otemachi Financial City Grand Cube in Tokyo, Japan, the company operates through four main segments: Consulting, which delivers management, operational, and system consulting to enterprises and government agencies along with research on society, economics, business, and technology; Financial IT Solutions, offering system consulting, development, management, shared online systems, and business process outsourcing (BPO) for securities, insurance, banking, asset management, and other financial institutions including products like STAR-IV, T-STAR, and BESTWAY; Industrial IT Solutions, providing system consulting, development, management, and shared online services for distribution, manufacturing, service, and public sectors; and IT Platform Services, which handles data center operations, IT infrastructure construction, networks, information security, and advanced IT research for internal segments and external clients. NRI serves diverse industries such as finance, healthcare, transportation, automotive, retail, and public sectors, targeting corporations, financial institutions, and government entities across Japan, the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions with over 16,679 employees globally including subsidiaries like Nomura Research Institute America, Inc., Nomura Research Institute Europe Limited, and Nomura Research Institute Asia Pacific. Recent developments include the acquisition of Core BTS, Inc., a U.S.-based IT consulting and managed services provider, completed in 2025 to bolster digital transformation capabilities in North America; earlier purchases of Cutter Associates, LLC, Planit Test Management Solutions Pty Ltd, Australian Investment Exchange Limited, Nippon Securities Technology Co., Ltd., and Daiko Clearing Services Corporation; and the establishment of new subsidiaries such as Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., Nomura Research Institute Thailand, and NRI digital, Ltd., alongside ongoing investments in AI, cloud services, security, and digital transformation solutions.