Articles from Japan Weekly Monitor (February 17, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
(RPT) Japanese editorial excerpts -3-.			710
2ND LD: Japan's core machinery orders rise 10.7% in 2003.			506
2ND LD: Nissho Iwai-Nichimen to merge April 1, change name to Sojitz.			377
2ND LD: Shinsei Bank sets IPO price at 525 yen.			534
2ND LD: Wholesale prices stop falling in Jan., 1st in 41 months.			276
4TH LD: Japan's 2003 current account surplus hits record high.			570
4TH LD: Kanebo gives up deal with Kao, seeks IRCJ help.			691
4TH LD: Yoshinoya to halt 'gyudon' beef bowl sales Wed.			719
734 employees at moneylender Promise apply for early retirement.			235
Aeon to delist from 5 stock bourses in Japan, Europe.			178
Aioi reports 0.8% fall in net premiums in April-Dec. term.			100
Ajinomoto reports 27.36 bil. yen net profit for April-Dec.			139
Asahi Glass posts net profit of 53.64 bil. yen in April-Dec.			190
Asahi Kasei attains earnings targets for April-Dec.			162
Ashikaga Bank to slash outstanding loans by 800 bil. yen.			284
Australian beef prices down for 2nd week.			361
Beef dishes to disappear from Japan's 4 major 'gyudon' chains.			170
Beef prices rise for 4th straight week.			174
Beer, 'happoshu' shipments plunge in Jan.			208
BizTrend: Women buying Valentine's chocolates for themselves.			844
Broiler futures trading volume jumps sixhold on yr due to bird flu.			194
Cash bonds, futures market quiet ahead of Tues. auction.			124
Cash bonds, futures prices dip ahead of 20-yr bond auction.			91
Cash bonds, futures prices dip in morning deals.			96
Cash bonds, futures rise after Nikkei's fall, yen's uptrend.			95
Cash bonds, futures rise amid prospects of low interest rates.			127
Cash bonds, futures rise in morning deals.			120
Cash bonds, futures rise in morning deals.			96
Cash bonds, futures rise moderately in morning deals.			98
Cash, futures bonds prices fall after rises in Tokyo stocks.			91
Chugai Pharmaceutical swings back into black for year to Dec.			263
Condo sales ratio lowest in 2 years in greater Tokyo in Jan.			257
Consumer confidence in Tokyo up in Jan., 1st rise in 3 months.			227
Corporate bankruptcies in Japan down for 13th month.			259
CORRECTED: Condominium supply in Japan down 8.7% in 2003.			282
Creditors agree to waive 92.6 bil. yen for semipublic Osaka firms.			389
Creditors finalize bailout package for ailing retailer Daiei.			349
Customers line up for last 'gyudon' at Yoshinoya outlets.			210
Dollar almost unchanged on wariness over Japan interventions.			337
Dollar fall to help cut U.S. current account deficit: Greenspan.			151
Dollar falls vs yen in Tokyo on post-G-7 speculative selling.			513
Dollar flat as post-G7 BOJ intervention fears keep yen bulls at bay.			399
Dollar flat in Tokyo amid lack of new trading cues.			407
Dollar lacks direction after market digests outcome of G-7 meeting.			325
Dollar likely to stay weak given U.S. fundamentals.			422
Dollar moves at upper 105 yen in early Tokyo trading.			223
Dollar moves little on intervention fears.			435
Dollar moves narrowly after post G-7 trading in Tokyo.			256
Dollar nearly unchanged amid lack of new trading incentives.			256
Dollar stays at upper 105 yen in early Tokyo trading.			175
Dollar stuck at around 105.30 yen following Greenspan comments.			459
Dollar stuck in mid-105 yen level in Tokyo ahead of U.S. break.			347
Dollar trades at around 105.50 yen in early Tokyo trading.			165
Dollar trades in lower 105 yen in early Tokyo deals.			109
Dollar trades in lower 105 yen in early Tokyo deals.			199
Economy watchers' index down in Jan., upbeat outlook seen.			449
FEATURE: 'Gyudon' fans face the brunt of Japan's ban on U.S. beef.			937
FOCUS: Toothless G-7 call to drag dollar to 102 yen by April.			850
Foreign corporate stock closing prices -1-.			86
Foreign corporate stock closing prices -1-.			86
Foreign corporate stock closing prices -1-.			90
Foreign corporate stock closing prices -1-.			85
Foreign corporate stock closing prices -1-.			93
Foreign corporate stock morning prices -1-.			83
Foreign corporate stock morning prices -1-.			96
Foreign corporate stock morning prices -1-.			85
Foreign corporate stock morning prices -1-.			85
Foreign corporate stock morning prices -1-.			94
Gov't confirms 2003 industrial output at 3.2% growth.			280
Info service industry revenues dip in 2003 for 1st time in 9 yrs.			298
Interbank dlr quotations (5 pm).			141
Interbank dlr quotations (5 pm).			141
Interbank dlr quotations (5 pm).			140
Interbank dlr quotations (5 pm).			140
Interbank dlr quotations (5 pm).			140
Jan. lending by Japanese banks down for 73rd straight month.			297
Jan. Tokyo dept. store sales dip 2.4%, 26th straight fall.			174
Japan gov't bond prices, futures dip in morning deals.			88
Japan's household spending down 0.8% in 2003.			229
Japanese editorial excerpts -4-.			710
Japanese gov't bond futures prices.			75
Japanese gov't bond futures prices.			75
Japanese gov't bond futures prices.			75
Japanese gov't bond futures prices.			75
Japanese gov't bond futures prices.			71
JGBs likely to move in tight range, focus on 20-yr bond auction.			346
JR East posts 2.5% fall in group net profit for April-Dec.			189
JR Tokai ups earnings projections for year to March.			185
JR West reports group net profit of 46 bil yen for April-Dec.			201
JT ups pretax profit outlook by 10 bil. yen for year to March.			203
Kirin Brewery to up full-year dividend by 1 yen to 13 yen.			120
Konica Minolta posts net profit of 10.56 bil. yen in Oct.-Dec.			145
Kyocera raises earnings forecast for year to March 31.			192
Kyodo economic news summary -2-.			528
Kyodo economic news summary -2-.			438
Kyodo economic news summary -2-.			428
Kyodo economic news summary -2-.			677
Kyodo economic news summary -3-.			673
Kyodo economic news summary -3-.			612
Kyodo economic news summary -3-.			535