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Articles in May, 2002 issue of Japan Weekly Monitor

• Mycal Kyushu seeks to form support group for rebuilding.
• Nomura gets suspended prison term for tax evasion.
• FOCUS: Sugarcane farmer ambivalent on U.S. bases in Okinawa.
• Mizuho does 12 mil. settlements trouble-free.
• Work-sharing helps create jobs, sustain growth: gov't report.
• Faith healer sentenced to death for killing followers.
• FOCUS: Brazil rebuffs U.S. criticism over product piracy.
• Tokyo stocks slip after Wall Street retreat.
• NKK, Kawasaki Steel to integrate, scrap production equipment.
• 2 seriously hurt in taping of TBS athletic TV show.
• High court upholds ruling against prof. who leaked exams.
• Police chief sent to prosecutors on fireworks stampede.
• Tighter security sought after damage at World Cup camp site.
• Leasing firms' March deals rebound for 1st time in 5 months.
• Tokyo stocks fall on Wall Street plunge.
• Firms to post profits by ending pension management for gov't.
• Sumitomo Forestry's group net profit plunges 93.3% in FY 2001.
• Osaka, Ibaraki to set up campsites for World Cup fans.
• Ministry to hold bidding for 10 nat'l hospital projects again.
• Beer, 'happoshu' shipments up 0.6% in April.
• Dollar rebounds to 128 yen in Tokyo morning deals.
• Dollar held to lower 128 yen in Tokyo morning deals.
• DIC spent 9 tril. yen to enable failed banks to refund savers.
• Tokyo stocks rise in morning on boost in sentiment.
• Table of financial results of 13 major banks in FY 2001.
• Tokyo stocks fall in morning on Wall Street drop.
• Japan plan to pour cold water on steel settlement: Huntsman.
• Father of murdered Kobe boy irreconcilable 5 years on.
• Dollar hovers at lower end of 124 yen in Tokyo morning deals.
• Snow Brand to ask Itochu, others to buy stakes in food unit.
• Japan tertiary index rises for 1st time in 4 months.
• FOCUS: Homeless people being denied Constitutional rights.
• Daiwa Securities to repurchase own shares.
• Japanese steel industry raps U.S. dumping decision.
• Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street rally, weaker yen.
• Asakawa given 2-year prison term for hotel fraud.
• Saitama Shogin ex-official gets suspended jail term.
• Sumikura Industrial goes bust with 1.8 bil. yen in debts.
• Tokyo stocks seen range-bound, focus on corporate earnings.
• Dollar hits 2-week high above 129.00 yen in Tokyo.
• FOCUS: Unemployment rate fall fails to result in job offers.
• Techs, automakers lead Tokyo stock plunge.
• S&P sees Shinsei, Aozora as lessons for insolvent banks.
• Panel recommends technical norms for outdoor PC-Web connection.
• Ex-rugby player, TV Asahi reach settlement on rape report.
• Mitsubishi Rayon still in red, to dig into retained earnings.
• Japanese editorial excerpts - SUFFER THE CHILDREN.
• Hiranuma, Zoellick to have phone talks Wed. or Thurs.
• Japan's core machinery orders fall 6.2% in March.
• Tokyo stocks close mixed after tech-led rally fizzles.
• Mitsubishi Pharma triples group net profit.
• Gov't declares economy at bottom, but mum on recovery.
• Nikkei closes at 3-week high on Wall St. rise, chip earnings.
• Olympic champion Takahashi 4th in pro athlete tax list.
• Arrested diplomat had gov't affiliate pay for friend's trip.
• Top Colombian gang member nabbed for kidnapping Japanese.
• Dollar falls to year low of 125.33 yen before recovering.
• Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street rise.
• Security agency chief urges continued surveillance of AUM.
• Mitsui Trust incurs 278 bil. yen net loss in FY 2001.
• Tokyo stocks at 9-month high as recovery hopes erase yen fears.
• Duskin execs apologize over Mister Donut dumplings case.
• Dollar dips to new 2002 low of 125.33 yen in Tokyo in morning.
• Tokyo stocks up in morning, recovery hopes outweigh firm yen.
• Dollar weakens to 127 yen level in Tokyo.
• Nikkei rises for 1st time in 5 days led by automakers.
• 5 Snow Brand Foods execs to be investigated early next week.
• FOCUS: Foreigners increasingly hired as local public servants.
• Brazil to carry samba, black beans to World Cup.
• March-Jan. industrial output rises 1st time in 5 qtrs.
• 6 future guide dogs born through artificial insemination.
• FEATURE: Teigin case still alive 15 yrs after Hirasawa's death.
• Japan money supply up 3.6% in April, time deposits drop.
• Izumi ready to assume administrator position at Mycal Kyushu.
• Brazil to appeal to WTO over U.S. soybean subsidies.
• Police arrest 5 ex-Snow Brand Foods execs over fraud.
• Japan's household spending falls for 6th year in FY 2001.
• Brazil fears measles contamination in World Cup.
• Snow Brand Milk drafts rehabilitation plan.
• Tokyo stocks extend gains on Wall St. surge, but rise limited.

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