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a statement provided to Game Informer, Konami noted that it expanded to the New York Stock Exchange in 2002 "mainly to diversify its opportunities for fund-raising and to raise the visibility of the Konami brand." Since then, Japanese stocks have been opened to foreign investors, and updates to Japanese accounting standards have put the country more in line with those in the US, Konami said. Overall, less than 0.3 percent of the company's total international trading takes place in the US—the vast majority of the rest goes through Tokyo—meaning the New York listing is "not economically justified," according to the company.