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Leaf Publications Inc./Sake World NFT Forms Capital and Business Alliance with JA Mitsui Leasing Co., Ltd.

Leaf Publications, Inc., which develops and operates the sake NFT marketplace "Sake World NFT," has entered into a J-KISS type stock acquisition rights issuance investment agreement with JA Mitsui Leasing Co., Ltd. and formed a capital and business alliance.

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Leaf Publications, Inc., which develops and operates the sake NFT marketplace "Sake World NFT," has entered into a J-KISS type stock acquisition rights issuance investment agreement with JA Mitsui Leasing Co., Ltd., and has entered into a capital and business alliance.

-What is NFT?
・How to purchase sake NFT here.From!
・Sake World NFT is here.

Sake World NFT is a new marketplace that allows users to purchase sake like they would on a regular online shopping site, but also allows sake to be aged and stored, and traded between individuals.

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A notable feature of this marketplace is that, under the Liquor Tax Act, alcoholic beverages, including sake, could in principle only be sold by those who held a liquor sales license; however, this marketplace allows general users who do not hold such licenses to buy and sell alcoholic beverages.

In addition, when a sale is made between individuals on this marketplace, a certain royalty based on the transaction amount is paid back to the brewery that produced the sake, creating a system that brings in new revenue for the breweries that make the sake.

This marketplace was launched in December 2023, and as of August 12, it lists 2024 brands of sake from 8 breweries across Japan. There are more than 115 breweries waiting to be listed on this marketplace, and the number of listed sakes is expected to continue to increase in the future.

[Future prospects]

1) Accelerating overseas expansion

One of our goals in launching this marketplace is to promote Japanese sake to the world.

Currently, Japan is the only country in which physical sake can be delivered on this marketplace, but with this capital and business alliance, we will accelerate our overseas expansion and rapidly advance our business so that sake purchased on this marketplace can be delivered overseas.

②Horizontal expansion to alcoholic beverages other than sake

The mechanism of this marketplace can be applied to a wide range of alcoholic beverages whose value increases with storage (aging), such as wine, whiskey, shochu, awamori, plum wine, and tequila. We hold patents (Patent No. 7337425 and Patent No. 7389527) for the core mechanism of this marketplace, which covers all alcoholic beverages, including sake, and we plan to work with various partners in the future to build an NFT marketplace for alcoholic beverages other than sake, such as whiskey and wine.

[About JA Mitsui Leasing]

JA Mitsui Lease is a comprehensive leasing company based on the JA Group and Mitsui Group, with production, distribution and sales networks in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries, a financial network and a global business network.

With "Real Challenge, Real Change" as our group management philosophy, we continue to challenge ourselves to look at, develop, and realize the business futures that our customers envision, going beyond the framework of finance, for the sake of a better society and future.

Business website/SNS:

・Sake World NFT https://nft.sakeworld.jp

・Sake World https://sakeworld.jp

・Assemblage Club https://sakeworld.jp/abc/

・Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sake.world.japan/

・X (formerly Twitter)https://x.com/sakeworld_japan

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