PR TIMES Inc. (Minato City, Tokyo; President and CEO: Takumi Yamaguchi; TSE Prime/MeS Premier: 3922), which operates the press release distribution service "PR TIMES" and other services, signed a comprehensive business alliance agreement on June 30, 2026 (Tue.) with Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun Co., Ltd. (Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture; President and CEO: Shintaro Izu), a newspaper publisher in Kumamoto Prefecture. To vitalize information dissemination from Kumamoto Prefecture, where the company is based, a program offering free use of "PR TIMES" will be provided to local companies and organizations introduced by Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun. Furthermore, starting this autumn, Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun's news site "Kumamoto Nichinichi Denshi Ban" will become a partner media of "PR TIMES." With the addition of Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun, the number of alliances for local information distribution has reached 110 cases (across 47 prefectures), including 43 local financial institutions (35 banks, 8 credit unions), 41 local media outlets, and 1 province, 1 metropolis, 3 prefectures, 14 cities, and 7 organizations in the government and public sector. Similar alliances have previously been established with the following regional newspapers in the Kyushu-Okinawa region: Nishinippon Shimbun, Oita Godo Shimbun, Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun, Minami Nippon Shimbun, Ryukyu Shimpo, and Okinawa Times. Kumamoto City is also an alliance partner headquartered in Kumamoto Prefecture. Support for Information Dissemination by Local Businesses and Publication of Press Releases Related to the Region 1. Provision of the "Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun Program" to businesses introduced by Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun, a core media outlet in Kumamoto Prefecture with reporting bases throughout the prefecture, will leverage its network in both reporting and sales to propose information dissemination using "PR TIMES" to businesses in the prefecture. The "K