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NYK Again Selected for Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and FTSE4Good Global Index.


Tokyo, Japan, Sept 11, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News
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 Newswire) - Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK NYK New York Knicks
NYK Nippon Yusen Kaisha (shipping company)
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) has once again been selected for the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI DJSI Dow Jones Sustainability Index  World) and the FTSE FTSE

A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times.

Notes:
The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States.
4Good Global Index, the two major indexes for socially responsible investment (SRI). NYK has been a part of both of these indexes for the past four years.

The DJSI World is a global stock index for SRI, developed jointly by Dow Jones & Company, a U.S.-based publisher of business and financial news and information, and the SAM Group, a Swiss-based company that conducts assessments on corporate sustainability. The FTSE4Good Global Index was launched by FTSE, an independent, UK-based index company that was originally a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange

London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses.
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Both indexes are regarded as important benchmarks for investors who are concerned about corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability. In addition, because the companies selected for these indexes are included in the portfolios of SRI funds and environmental investment funds, these indexes attract the attention of global investors.

About Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)

Nippon Yusen Kaisha ('NYK'; TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange.

TSE

1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE).
: 9101,) is Japan's leading marine, land and harbour transporter. The company is a diversified agency of marine and land transportation, warehousing, combined transportation by sea, land and air, marine-related business developer and vessel dealer. For more information, please visit www.nykline.com.

Source: Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)

Contact:
URL: https://www.nykline.co.jp/english/contact/index.htm


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