Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation (JMF) was established under the Law Concerning Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations of Japan (Law No. 198 of 1951; as amended) on September 14, 2001. It was the first investment corporation in Japan to specifically target retail real estate assets. It was listed on the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (securities code: 8953) on March 12, 2002. After that, JMF effected an absorption-type merger (the...