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May 14 McDonald's to sell equity stake in Japanese unit of Toys 'R' Us (Kyodo) May 12 NTT mulls 100-for-1 stock split (Forbes) May 11 Brokerage database aims to prevent insider trading (Yomiuri) May 11 Insider trader 'made 10% profit on 17 share buys' (Yomiuri) May 08 Japan firms start to question poison pills (Reuters) May 07 Yahoo Japan shares down after Microsoft deal bust (Reuters) May 07 Japan: Look At This Opportunity in the Nikkei (elliottwave.com) May 02 Japan stock index hits 4-month high; Nikkei above 14,000 (AP) May 02 China set to replace Japan in industrial gas market (commodityonline.com) May 01 Tax offices to keep better tab on income from foreign exchange trading (Asahi) May 01 Firms urged to stop holding shareholders meetings on same day (Yomiuri) Apr 30 Japan's Companies Gird for Attack (Wall Street Journal) Apr 30 TSE to open emission trade market in '09 (Yomiuri) Apr 29 Japanese financial markets closed for national holiday (AP) Apr 23 3 Chinese held over insider trading (Asahi) Apr 19 Japan securitization issuance down 30% this year (MarketWatch) Apr 16 Tokyo stocks rise but upside capped by uncertain U.S. earnings reports (Kyodo) Apr 15 Japan's Small-Cap Companies Pressured by Rising Commodity, Energy Costs (Bloomberg) Apr 15 Japan Inc. is on a stock buyback spree (Japan Times) Apr 14 Tokyo stocks plunge on Wall Street decline, U.S. economic jitters (Kyodo) Apr 11 British hedge fund hits Japan's red tape (Japan Times) Apr 10 Nikkei Index Drops 1.3 Percent (AP) Apr 09 Akira Mori Real Estate Riches Retreat as Credit Squeeze Tightens in Japan (Bloomberg) Apr 08 Shrinking market values put firms at risk of delisting (Asahi) Apr 07 Japan Stocks Rise, Led by Commodity Shares; Steelmakers Drop on Coal Price (Bloomberg) Apr 04 Tokyo stocks snap 3-day winning streak on profit-taking (Kyodo) Apr 03 IPOs, share issues down in market slump (Asahi) Apr 02 Nikkei stock index surpasses 13,000 mark for 1st time in 3 weeks (Kyodo) Mar 31 Jasdaq-OSE merger stumbling at finish line (Yomiuri) Mar 25 Nikkei ends 2% higher on eased credit fears (Kyodo) Mar 24 Tokyo stocks end almost flat, Nikkei snaps 3-day winning streak (Kyodo) Mar 22 Foreigners Sell Most Japanese Stocks Since Black Monday Crash (Bloomberg) Mar 18 OSE to introduce new rules for delisting firms (Kyodo) Mar 18 TSE eyes fines against firms violating listing rules (Kyodo) Mar 17 Nikkei falls 3%, closes below 12,000 for 1st time since Aug. 2005 (Kyodo) Mar 14 Tokyo stocks close at fresh 2-year and 7-month low on surging yen (Kyodo) Mar 13 Tokyo stocks dive over 3%, close at lowest levels since Aug. 2005 (Kyodo) Mar 09 Japan scrips set for bumpy ride in near future: analysts (Daily Times) Mar 07 Tokyo stocks plunge 3% on U.S. woes, slumping Japan steelmakers (Kyodo) Mar 06 Japan's Asia Play (Forbes) Mar 06 Lombard sees Japan in recession (Reuters) Mar 05 Tokyo stocks dip on sluggish Japanese capital spending (Kyodo) Mar 04 CPA accused of insider trading (Asahi) Mar 01 Seven Bank IPO: Conveniently Free Of Subprime (Forbes) Feb 29 Japan stocks down 2 pct, hit by yen, economy fears (Reuters) Feb 28 Tokyo bourse aims to serve as carbon credit market (Kyodo) Feb 27 Nikkei up 2 pct as Honda, banks gain (Reuters) Feb 26 Stocks Drop, Led by Retailers, Power Producers; Aeon, Tokyo Electric Slide (Bloomberg) Feb 26 Could Japan be this year's Eastern Europe? (Globe & Mail) Feb 25 Nikkei hits 6-wk closing high on China fund report (Reuters)