Japan's Nikkei Declines, Led by Kyocera on Earnings Report; Olympus Gains

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell
after earnings at companies including Kyocera Corp. lagged behind
investor expectations.

Limiting losses, Olympus Corp. and Shinsei Bank Ltd. gained
after they posted profit growth.


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Japan's Nikkei 225 Drops, Led by Kyocera on Earnings Report; Olympus Gains

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average
slipped led by companies including Kyocera Corp. whose earnings
failed to live up to investor expectations.

Losses were limited after profit growth at companies
including Olympus Corp. and Shinsei Bank Ltd. surprised market
participants.


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Japan's Nikkei 225 Drops on Subprime Concerns; Topix Climbs on Earnings

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average
dropped after U.S. residential investment slumped, raising
concern the world's largest economy will slow.

Canon Inc. slid 2.6 percent, leading exporters lower after
the yen advanced to the highest against the dollar in more than
three months, reducing the value of their overseas sales.


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JGBs soar as market volatility stirs BOJ doubts

(Reuters) - The sell-off in U.S. markets drove the Nikkei share average
down 2.4 percent, sending investors fleeing to safer
government bonds from risky assets and driving most yields down 7
to 8 basis points to two-month lows.




Bond investors are wary that turbulence in global markets may
make the BOJ more cautious about raising rates, with the chance
of a rate rise in August falling to just 50 percent from above 90
percent earlier in the month.


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Wal-Mart's Seiyu to post H1 operating loss-Nikkei

(Reuters) - Seiyu's first-half same-store sales fell 1 percent
year-on-year, dragged down by weak sales of clothing and electric
appliances, as well as poor weather, the Nikkei said.




A spokesman for Seiyu, which is scheduled to announce its
results on August 14, said the report was speculation.


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Japanese Stocks Decline, Led by Insurers After Earthquake; Sumitomo Climbs

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks dropped, led by
insurance companies such as Millea Holdings Inc. and power
producers after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northwest Japan
yesterday, damaging a nuclear reactor operated by Tokyo Electric
Power Co.

The event will probably result in a push for more spending
on quakeproofing, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Millea fell the
most in three weeks and Tokyo Electric declined to its lowest
since December.


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Japan's Bonds May Decline as Stock Rally Limits Demand for Debt Securities

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's government bonds may decline
after stocks advanced, suggesting investors are becoming less
averse to riskier securities.

Benchmark debt is likely to drop for a second day since
concerns over the credit quality of U.S. subprime mortgages
drove the biggest rally in Japan's 10-year bonds since August.
U.S. Treasuries slumped yesterday after the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and the S&P 500 closed at record highs. The Nikkei 225
Stock Average rose, halting a three-day drop.


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Asian shares rebound on Wall Street; eye BOJ

(Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei was up 0.4 percent, led by trading houses such as Marubeni Corp., while a wide range of other shares rose on the back of a rebound in U.S. stocks and a slightly softer yen.




By 0301 GMT, MSCI's broadest index of shares excluding Japan rose 0.8 percent, resuming its climb after slipping 0.8 percent on Wednesday -- its first decline following nine straight sessions of gains.


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Japan's Nikkei 225 Average, Topix Fall; Toyota and Nintendo Lead Declines

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell
19.90, or 0.1 percent, to 18,242.08 as of 9:05 a.m. in Tokyo. The
broader Topix index dropped 3.16, or 0.2 percent , to 1789.07.

Toyota Corp. and Nintendo Co. led the declines.


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Toshiba Shares Rise After Talks on Selling Part of Its Westinghouse Stake

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of Toshiba Corp., Japan's
biggest maker of nuclear reactors by capacity, rose after the
company said it is in talks to sell part of its stake in
Westinghouse Electric Co. to a Kazakhstan state-run company.

The stock climbed 3.1 percent to 1,086 yen as of 9:08 a.m.
on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, outperforming the 0.6 percent
advance in the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average. Keisuke Ohmori,
a spokesman for Tokyo-based Toshiba, said on July 7 the company
is in talks with Kazatomprom, a uranium importer and exporter,
about selling part of its Westinghouse stake.


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Seven&I to spend Y300 bln on U.S. expansion-paper

(Reuters) - Under the expansion plan, the Japanese retailer aims to lift
product sales, including gasoline, by at least 15 percent from
the level in 2006 to 1.2 trillion yen, the report said.




Seven & I is trying to boost its presence in the world's
biggest consumer market where competition is expected to further
intensify with the entry of new players such as Britain's Tesco
Plc into the convenience store sector, the Nikkei said.


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Japanese Exporter Shares May Rise as Yen Ends Advance; Sony Seen Gaining

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's exporter stocks may advance,
helping the Nikkei 225 Stock Average rebound from a four-day
slide, after the yen reversed a strengthening trend and some U.S.
investment houses said they see few risks of widespread turmoil
in credit markets.

Sony Corp. lost 4.4 percent during the past three sessions
as the yen strengthened and concerns about the U.S. housing
market spread. Honda Motor Co. fell 1.6 percent.


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Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average, Topix Fall; Mizuho, Toyota Lead Drop

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average
fell 65.31, or 0.4 percent, to 18,174.99 at 9:02 a.m. in Tokyo.
The broader Topix index dropped 6.63, or 0.4 percent, to
1782.75.

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp. led the
declines.


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Japan's Nikkei 225 Average Falls as Rising Interest Rates Prompt Caution

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average
slipped for the first time in five days on concern rising
interest rates globally will reduce demand for shares and after
comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said
inflationary risks remain, dashing hopes for a cut in borrowing
costs this year.

Stocks that have climbed the most this year, including
shipping companies and property developers such as Nippon Yusen
KK and Mitsui Fudosan Co., led declines. A measure of shipping
lines included in the Topix soared 53 percent in 2007 to
yesterday's close, while real estate shares rose 22 percent.


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Japan's Bonds May Fall for 4th Day on Concerns Stock Gains to Dent Demand

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's government bonds fell, sending
10-year yields to the highest since February, after the Nikkei 225
Stock Average rebounded from the biggest decline in a month.

Ten-year bonds last week completed their steepest slide this
year as signs of faster growth in the U.S. tempered concerns that
demand in Japan's biggest export market will slow. Reports this
week will probably show hiring rose in the U.S. and industrial
production increased in Japan, according to Bloomberg News surveys.


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