(as of May 1, 2008)
Name
Established
July 27, 1990
Capital
98 million yen
Directors
Naoki Okada, President and CEO
Akihiko Irie, Managing Director and CFO
Naoko Tosa, Director
Moriyoshi Takamura, Director
Isao Naka, Director
Eiichi Tamaki CPA, Auditor
Number of Employees
100 (including overseas staff)
Offices
Headquarters: ORIX Koraibashi Bldg., 7th floor, Koraibashi3-2-7, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0043, Japan
Tokyo Office: Kojimachi Bldg., 5th floor, Kudan-Minami 3-3-6, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074, Japan
Training and Lounge Room: Futaba-Kudan Bldg., B1F, Kudan-Minami 3-4-5, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074, Japan
Licenses
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport registered travel agent No.1299
IATA-registered travel agent
Active member of JATA
Turnover
36,700 million yen (as of December 2007)
Main Banks

The Mizuho Bank, Ltd. ; Risona Bank Ltd. ; The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. ; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ; The Kyoto Bank, Ltd. ; The Bank of Ikeda, Ltd. ; Kansai Urban Banking Corporation ; The Shoko Chukin Bank ; The Shiga Bank, Ltd.

Transfer Agent
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Membership
Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA)
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Main Clients
Japan Airlines International; All Nippon Airways; American Airlines; Air Canada; Continental Airlines; Northwest Airlines; United Airlines; Air France; Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane S.P.A; British Airways; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; Lufthansa German Airlines; Swiss International Air Lines; Austrian Airlines; Scandinavian Airlines International; Virgin Atlantic Airways; Cathay Pacific Airways; Qantas Airways; Singapore Airlines; Thai Airways International; Korean Air; and other main carriers
 
Associated Companies

Gallant Tour Corp. (International airticket distribution)

Gallant Tour West Corp.
(International airticket distribution)

Travel Vision, Inc. (Distribution of travel news and information)

Sky Butler Corp. (Direct travel product sales in collaboration with individual travel agents)

Travel-i Corp.(Travel agent especially for business travelers)

America F-ness Corporation(Holding company for overseas businesses)

Rikisha Co.,Ltd.(Land travel operator service in North America; Sales of airtickets)

History
Jul. 1990
Le Ouest Co., Ltd. (presently F-ness Corporation) established with a capital of 10 million yen.
Mar. 1991
Company licensed as a travel agent.
Sep. 1994
Capital increased to 40 million yen.
Feb. 1995
Company registered as an active member of JATA.
Mar. 1996
Company registered as a member of IATA.
Apr. 1996
Company licensed as a first-class travel agent.
Oct. 1996
Capital increased to 60 million yen.
Mar. 1997
Capital increased to 80 million yen.
Mar. 2000
Capital increased to 90 million yen.
Jun. 2000
Capital increased to 98 million yen.
Dec. 2001
Company renamed F-ness Corporation.
Annual Report
(F-ness alone)
 
[1000 yen unit] 
Fiscal Term
Net Sales
Dec. 2007
36,700,000
Dec. 2006
32,887,762
Dec. 2005
23,689,746
Dec. 2004*
13,499,144
Mar. 2004
11,328,830
Mar. 2003
9,454,208
Mar. 2002
8,271,908
Mar. 2001
7,858,678
Mar. 2000
6,921,000
Mar. 1999
4,624,346
Mar. 1998
3,870,733
Mar. 1997
3,005,128
Mar. 1996
2,106,069
Mar. 1995
1,688,342
Mar. 1994
1,073,340
Mar. 1993
1,009,599
Mar. 1992
915,644
Mar. 1991
406,887
*The 15th fiscal year adopts the irregular account settlement
of nine months with a change of an accounting period.