Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation. (the "Investment Corporation") understands the importance of the protection of personal information. In handling personal information and specific personal information (the "Personal Information, etc."), the Investment Corporation is committed to ensuring compliance with the "Act on the Protection of Personal Information" (Act No. 57 of 2003, as amended; the "Personal Information Protection Act"), the "Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures" (Act No. 27 of 2013, as amended; the "My Number Act") and other laws and regulations/guidelines,  this policy, and will strive to properly handle, manage and protect the Personal Information, etc. In addition, the Investment Corporation will make efforts to continue to review and improve the system for the protection of personal information. Terms used in this policy that are defined under applicable laws and regulations shall have the meanings as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act and other relevant laws and guidelines.

In storing and using Personal Information, etc., the Investment Corporation will make efforts to keep it accurate and updated,store and use it to the minimum extent necessary in accordance with the purpose of use, and delete the personal data containing such Personal Information, etc. promptly after such utilization of such personal data has become unnecessary.

If the Investment Corporation receives a request from the relevant person for notice of the purpose of use of retained personal data; disclosure of retained personal data; correction, addition, or removal("correction, etc.") of retained personal data; suspension of use or deletion ("suspension of use, etc.") of the retained personal data ;suspension of provision to a third party disclosure of records of third party provision of retained personal data pertaining to the relevant person, it will make efforts to respond to such request in an appropriate and prompt manner after verifying the identity of the relevant person. For details, please contact the consultation desk set forth in V below.

The Investment Corporation will take necessary and appropriate measures for the prevention of leakage, loss or damage of Personal Information, etc. it handles and for other safe management of Personal Information, etc. In addition, the Investment Corporation will conduct ongoing reviews of this policy and other policies and regulations concerning Personal Information. Furthermore, in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act, the Investment Corporation will provide the data subject, upon request, with information regarding the security control measures it has implemented.

The Investment Corporation outsources the handling of personal data, only to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use. In such case, the Investment Corporation will, in selecting a contractor, confirm that the contractor's personal information protection system conforms to the standards of the "Guidelines for Protection of Personal Information in the Financial Sector," "Practical Guidelines on Safety Management Measures, etc. of the Guidelines for Protection of Personal Information in the Financial Sector" and "Guidelines for Proper Handling of Specific Personal Information for Financial Operations" (collectively, the "Guidelines, etc. in the Financial Sector"), and also undertake measures in consideration of the protection of personal information pursuant to the Guidelines, etc. in the Financial Sector such as executing contracts with the contractor in accordance with the Guidelines, etc. in the Financial Sector, as well as exercising necessary and appropriate supervision of the contractor.
The Investment Corporation outsources the handling of personal data to third parties located in foreign countries. The Investment Corporation selects third parties that have established a system necessary to continuously implement measures equivalent to those required of a business handling personal information (“Equivalent Measures”), and takes necessary measures to ensure the continuous implementation of such Equivalent Measures. Furthermore, in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act, the Investment Corporation will provide the data subject, upon request, with information regarding such measure.

If the Investment Corporation receives any complaints about the handling of acquired Personal Information, etc., it will investigate the details in order to deal with them in an appropriate manner within a reasonable period of time.

• for the exercise of rights and duties based on the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations (Act No. 198 of 1948, as amended; the "Investment Trusts Act") and the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005, as amended);
• for the convenience of unitholders ;
• for the implementation of various plans and measures to facilitate the relationship between unitholders and the Investment Corporation;
• for the management of unitholders such as the preparation of unitholders’ data based on the respective standards pursuant to various laws and ordinances and so on;and
• for the proper and smooth implementation of the tasks related to or accompanied by the business of Investment Corporation thereto

• for the acquisition, disposition, lease of assets under management and implementation of various tasks such as research and review thereof;
• for the collection of rents and refund of security deposits and implementation of other business operations related to lease of assets under management;
• for the execution of various business operations accompanied by research and study, collection and analysis of information, provision of information required for asset management (including financing); and
• for the proper and smooth implementation of the tasks related to or accompanied by the business of Investment Corporation thereto 

1. Preparation of payment records for dividends, distributions of surplus and interest on funds based on the Income Tax Act;
2. Other affairs related to a. above and preparation of statutory records for which description of an individual number is required by laws and ordinances.

1. Preparation of payment records for remuneration and fees, etc. based on the Income Tax Act;
2. Preparation of payment records for rents on real estate, etc. based on the Income Tax Act;
3. Preparation of payment records for prices of acquired real estates, etc. based on the Income Tax Act; and
4. Other affairs related to a. through c. above and preparation of statutory records for which description of an Individual Number is required by laws and ordinances.

1. Affairs related to withholding income tax conducted by an employer based on the Income Tax Act;
2. Affairs related to individual inhabitants tax conducted by an employer based on the Local Tax Act;
3. Affairs related to employment insurance conducted by an employer based on the Employment Insurance Act;
4. Affairs related to health insurance conducted by an employer based on the Health Insurance Act (application and payments);
5. Affairs related to employees' pension insurance conducted by an employer based on the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (application); and
6. Other affairs related to a. through e. above and preparation of statutory records, etc. for which description of an Individual Number is required by laws and ordinances.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Investment Corporation will not provide specific personal information to any third party (meaning the transfer of specific personal information outside of the legal entity, and the transfer of specific personal information within the same legal entity such as transfer within the same corporation is not applicable) regardless of whether the consent of the relevant person is obtained, except as permitted under the My Number Act and other applicable laws and regulations.

The Investment Corporation may produce anonymously processed information (information relating to an individual that can be produced from processing personal information so as neither to be able to identify a specific individual nor to be able to restore the personal information) which contains the following categories of information, and may provide it to third parties for the purpose of research and study, collection and analysis of information required for asset management.

< Categories of information contained in the anonymously processed information provided to third parties>

• Each of the items listed in 1 above

< Methods for providing>

• Provision via external storage media;
• Transmission via email; or
• Upload to the server