Down and out - Asia Fact File - the top 10 bankruptcies of publicly trade companies in Japan in 2002, - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Business Asia, July, 2002

ASIA FACT FILE

Down and out

In this Fact File, we look at the top 10 bankruptcies of
publicly trade companies in Japan in 2002, ranked by
parent company debt. The data was compiled by Teikoku
Databank, a Tokyo financial information company, and
Bloomberg News. Debt figures are in billions of yen.

NO.   DEBT    COMPANY                      INDUSTRY       DATE

1     449.9   Sato Kogyo Co                Construction    3/3
2     271.2   Dai Nippon Construction      Construction    7/5
3     269.7   First Credit Corp            Finance         3/7
4     130     Japan Metals and Chemicals   Metal          2/22
5     114.6   Nissan Construction          Construction   3/30
6      97.5   Niko Niko Do Co              Retailing       4/9
7      74.7   Nippon Kakoh Seishi          Paper Maker    5/29
8      63.1   Fujiki Komuten Co            Construction    6/4
9      33.9   Dai-Ichi Katei Denki         Retailing      4/16
10     32.4   Hakusui Tech Co              Chemical       6/21

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG