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Articles in November, 2002 issue of Japan Weekly Monitor

• Oriental Land net profit up 386% on DisneySea popularity.
• Dollar firms at lower end of 122 yen in morning.
• CORRECTED: Tokyo stocks open slightly lower after U.S. rate...
• LEAD: Shiseido posts record operating profit in 1st half.
• Mitsui Engineering's net balance returns to black in 1st half.
• Nichirei sees 64.5% rise in interim group pretax profit.
• LEAD: Towa Real Estate seeks 230 bil. yen bailout package.
• Takenaka says top banks not in financial danger.
• Yamaha enjoys profit jumps in April-Sept. term.
• Foreign firms see no improvement in Japan in coming yr.
• MHI net balance returns to black on better asset portfolio.
• Dollar briefly rises to 125 yen in Tokyo.
• Shionogi group net midterm profit falls 76.4%.
• Advantest falls into parent-only interim loss of 4 bil. yen.
• Dentsu's 1st half pretax profit down 24.9% as revenues fall.
• Money supply up 3.3% in Oct., time deposits keep falling.
• Columbia Music sees sales plunge 68% in fiscal 1st half.
• Dollar steady at 122 yen level in morning.
• Tokyo Gas reports 110.6% rise in midyear group net profit.
• Japan gov't bonds likely to remain firm next week.
• Nippon Express net profit up 30% in 1st half.
• CORRECTED: FT calls for nationalization of some major banks.
• LEAD: Nikkei briefly down below 8,300 on jitters over banks.
• Mitsui, Yoshimoto to make 'shochu' spirits.
• FOCUS: Zombie construction firms living it up in Japan.
• Nintendo's interim pretax profit drops 80% on exchange losses.
• Dollar expected to rise against yen next week.
• Nissan posts record midyear net profit on high volumes.
• Nisshin Oillio group pretax profit falls despite higher sales.
• BizTrend: Jasdaq expects smaller number of newly listed firms.
• Nikkei closes slightly higher amid investor caution.
• FSA data may revive questions on self-assessed bad-loan sums.
• Brother of ex-Teikyo Univ. head nabbed for alleged tax evasion.
• Nippon Steel, Sumitomo, Kobe Steel agree on capital tie-up.
• Tokyo stocks lower after U.S. rate cut, election.
• Itochu's group net profit down 11.8% for 1st half.
• LEAD: Japan's forex reserves hit record for 7th straight month.
• Dollar firms to upper half of 123 yen at noon.
• Teac group remains in red in fiscal 1st half.
• Tokyo stocks rebound from 19-year lows on buybacks in techs.
• Dollar firms to upper half of 122 yen level in Tokyo.
• LEAD: Mitsui reports record 1st half group net profit.
• LEAD: Nikkei hits new 19-yr low despite upbeat GDP results.
• Tokyo stocks close lower, autos slip more than 5%.
• LEAD: 'Economy watchers' poll finds confidence down in Oct.
• Tokyo stocks up on buying by public pension funds.
• 2ND LD: Nonresidents net sellers of Japan stocks in 1st half.
• JR Tokai, West see profit falls, East notches gain.
• Domestic holders to keep majority stake in Aozora Bank.
• LEAD: Major Japan firms revive profitability on cost cuts.
• Dollar firm at upper half of 122 yen level in Tokyo.
• 3RD LD: BOJ to target maximum 20 tril. yen for fund injection.
• Osaka Pref. to sell all employee housing, Shirahama resort.
• LEAD: Nippon Meat's net profit dives 81.5% in fiscal 1st half.
• Fitch lowers Japanese gov't bond rating.
• Obayashi sinks into red on lower revenues, profitability.
• S&P survey predicts further downgrades of Japan companies.
• LEAD: Bank shares tumble, Mizuho sinks below 100,000 yen.
• Tanabe Seiyaku posts record group profits.
• Dollar moves narrowly against yen in Tokyo morning deals.
• Dollar falls to 121 yen level in morning.
• LEAD: Fed cuts key rates by 0.5 point.
• Japanese gov't bond prices to remain firm next week.
• Dollar dips into 120 yen territory in Tokyo trading.
• Mitsui Fudosan incurs 72% fall in interim group net profit.
• Business revival fund set up in tie-up with RCC, DBJ.
• 2ND LD: Bankruptcies down in Oct. for 3rd straight month.
• LEAD: Bankers call for careful approach in corporate revival.
• LEAD: Organs from brain-dead man transplanted.
• 2ND LD: Wage-earning household spending sharply rises 4.1%.
• Most economists foresee further BOJ credit-easing steps: poll.
• Makita sees 108.3% rise in interim group pretax profit.
• UFJ Holdings ups net profit, revenue forecasts for 1st half.
• Heads of 4 bank groups' to be summoned to Diet.
• Dollar trades at upper half of 119 yen in Tokyo.
• Tokyo stocks finish up on gains in autos, techs.
• Accountants group to devise new guidelines on bank auditing.
• Japan gov't bond prices likely to move firmly next week.
• 2ND LEAD: Organs from Wakayama brain-dead man transplanted.
• Tokyo stocks move little, Nikkei ends morning slightly down.

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