- CEO
- Tomoaki Ogawa
- Full Time Employees
- 378
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Property & Casualty
- Address
- 24F Taisei Otemachi Bldg Tokyo TY Japan 100-0004
- IPO Date
- Sep 25, 2017
- Business
- ZENKOKU HOSHO Co., Ltd. engages primarily in credit guarantee services for housing loans in Japan. The company offers housing loan guarantees covering acquisition funds, refinancing, renovation and other needs; education loan guarantees for tuition, exam costs and related term loans or overdrafts; apartment loan guarantees for rental housing construction costs; non-life insurance agency operations; credit check services; debt collection; clerical and agency operations; and contract management services. ZENKOKU HOSHO operates nationwide through 12 locations, including its headquarters at 24F Taisei Otemachi Bldg., 2-1-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; it was founded on February 19, 1981 and lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 7164 (OTCQX: ZNKKY). Subsidiaries include ZENKOKU BUSINESS PARTNER, K.K. for clerical services; AKEBONO Servicer Co., Ltd. for debt collection; MINORI GUARANTEE Co., Ltd., Tsukuba Shinyo Hosho Co., Ltd., ChibaKoginCard Service Co., Ltd., Mie Sogo-Shinyo Co., Ltd. and Tohoku Guarantee Service Co., Ltd. for regional credit guarantees. Recent developments encompass a capital and business alliance with fintech firm MFS, Inc. announced in November 2025 involving a 267 million yen investment for a 10% voting stake to bolster housing loan services; acquisitions of Tohoku Hosho Service in January 2025 and Mie Sogo Shinyo in December 2024; equity buybacks including 2.15 million shares for 7 billion yen completed in 2025 and a 1.75 million share program launched in May 2024; and upward revisions to FY2025/3 earnings guidance driven by successful M&A integration under its mid-term plan targeting 19 trillion yen in guarantee obligations.