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Wedding dresses from N.Y.

TOKYO, Japan - Wedding producer Novarese Inc. demonstrates wedding dresses of the New York brand Oscar de la Renta in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012, as it will begin selling and leasing them in Japan in mid-November.

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Frankfurt customs confiscates violinist Janke's Stradivarius

TOKYO, Japan - Violinist Yuki Manuela Janke, a resident of Germany, poses with a Stradivarius violin in Tokyo in September 2012. The violin was confiscated by customs officers at the international airport in Frankfurt later in the month, the Nippon Music Foundation, a Japanese entity leasing the instrument, said Oct. 4, 2012. The German customs authority said it will keep the violin, one of the most coveted makes, unless Janke pays a duty of 120 million yen, on the grounds it is an item that needs to be declared for taxation.

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Honda to begin leasing electric scooters in December

WAKO, Japan - A woman drives a prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter developed by Honda Motor Co. during a demonstration in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on April 13, 2010. Honda said it will begin leasing the completed two-wheel vehicles in December, targeting providers of delivery services and individual business operators.

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Honda to begin leasing electric scooters in December

WAKO, Japan - A woman drives a prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter developed by Honda Motor Co. during a demonstration in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on April 13, 2010. Honda said it will begin leasing the completed two-wheel vehicles in December, targeting providers of delivery services and individual business operators.

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Mazda begins leasing hydrogen-gas hybrid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid, a hydrogen-gasoline hybrid vehicle produced by Mazda Motor Corp. Mazda announced March 25 it has become the world's first automaker to begin commercial leasing of hydrogen-gasoline hybrid vehicles.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa is surrounded by reporters and photographers at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with communication minister Kunio Hatoyama. Nishikawa was quoted as telling Hatoyama that Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Hatoyama said Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Honda to begin leasing new fuel cell sedan in November in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will begin leasing its new FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle (photo) in November in Japan, mainly targeting government and corporate users. The fuel cell model of the FCX Clarity sedan can run 620 kilometers on a single charge of hydrogen.

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7 gangsters arrested over scam involving valueless paintings

TOKYO, Japan - Police arrested a senior gangster and six other gang members on Jan. 10 on suspicion of swindling money by selling valueless paintings (photographed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department) which they falsely claimed could be leased to hotels and other establishments. The suspects allegedly deceived the victims by claiming that they could obtain large fees from hotels and other establishments by leasing the works.

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Vodafone vows to improve its struggling business in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. President Bill Morrow speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 12. He said the company seeks to improve its struggling business in Japan by focusing on young people as well as leasing its networks to other companies under a new medium-term strategic plan.

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Nissan begins leasing fuel-cell vehicles

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Itaru Koeda (L), co-chairman of Nissan Motor Co., gives Cosmo Oil Co. Chairman and President Keiichiro Okabe a key for an X-Trail FCV fuel-cell vehicle March 29 in Yokohama. Nissan began leasing the vehicle the same day following in the footsteps of rivals Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. in efforts to promote commercial use of environment-friendly fuel-cell cars.

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Nissan to start leasing new fuel cell vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. said Dec. 8 it will begin leasing its 2003 model X-Trail FCV (shown), a fuel cell vehicle approved by the government in November. Leasing will begin by the end of next March, the automaker said.

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Court dismisses Okinawa landowners' appeal on U.S. base use

TOKYO, Japan - A fence encircles a U.S. military communications facility on an Okinawa landowners' lot. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Nov. 27 by eight Okinawa landowners seeking damages for the forced leasing of their land to the U.S. military. (file photo taken in June 2001) .

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Nissan to test-drive fuel-cell vehicle on public roads

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. said Dec. 10 it has gained government approval to test-drive its fuel-cell powered sports-utility vehicle, X-Trail FCV (in photo), on public roads in order to start leasing fuel-cell vehicles in 2003. Nissan will be the third Japanese automaker to launch a fuel-cell vehicle, after Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. launched such cars Dec. 2.

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Honda to lease fuel cell vehicle in Japan, U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will lease its fuel cell vehicle FCX (photo) in Japan and the United States from Dec. 2, the same date that rival Toyota Motor Corp. will start leasing its own fuel cell vehicle. The four-seat FCX, which uses hydrogen instead of gasoline as its power source, can run at a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and can travel about 355 km on one tank of hydrogen. It will be leased for 800,000 yen a month under a 12-month contract, 400,000 yen lower than the leasing fee set by Toyota for its FCHV sport utility vehicle.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen car in Japan Dec. 2

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. will start leasing the Toyota FCHV (fuel-cell hybrid vehicle) (photo) to four central government agencies on Dec. 2 in a move that will bring it closer to becoming the world's first automaker to launch a fuel-cell vehicle. The FCHV is powered by electricity generated by the chemical reaction between hydrogen in an onboard tank and oxygen in the air. It generates no pollution, and the only by-product of the reaction is water.

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Honda releases prototype of FCX fuel-cell car

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. unveils the prototype of its FCX fuel-cell car (photo) in Tokyo on Oct. 22, with an eye to putting it on the Japanese market on a commercial basis by the year-end. The FCX, equipped with a 157-liter compressed hydrogen fuel tank, is capable of a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and a range of 355 km once the tank is filled up. In the initial stage, Honda envisages leasing FCXs to government agencies and other interested parties in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Katayama leasing Okayama Pref. house to gangster

OKAYAMA, Japan - Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Toranosuke Katayama has been leasing this Okayama Prefecture house (photo taken March 4) to a senior gangster for nearly two years, sources close to the case said March 5.

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FRC inks accord to sell NCB to Softbank-led group

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayo Homma (L), next president of Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), joins hand with Shunsuke Takeda (2nd from L), vice president of leasing company Orix Corp., Softbank Corp. founder and President Masayoshi Son (3rd from L), and Tomochika Iwashita (R), managing director of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., at a Tokyo hotel on June 6 after the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) and Deposit Insurance Corp. (DIC) signed a basic agreement earlier in the day to sell the nationalized NCB to the tripartite consortium led by Softbank.

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LTCB nonbank affiliate Japan Leasing goes under

Hiroaki Okamoto (C), president of Japan Leasing Corp., one of three nonbank affiliates of the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), bows his head low Sept. 28 at the end of a press meeting. He said Japan Leasing went bankrupt as it filed for court protection from its creditors under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law.

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Orix to list on NYSE

Yoshihiko Miyauchi (C), president of Orix Corp., joins a ''taiko'' drum performance to celebrate his company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday Sept. 16. Orix, the largest leasing firm in Japan, became the country's first company since 1994 to list on the NYSE. Richard Grasso (second from R), chairman of the NYSE, also joined the performance outside the NYSE building.

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Katayama leasing Okayama Pref. house to gangster

OKAYAMA, Japan - Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Toranosuke Katayama has been leasing this Okayama Prefecture house (photo taken March 4) to a senior gangster for nearly two years, sources close to the case said March 5.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Hatoyama said Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa is surrounded by reporters and photographers at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with communication minister Kunio Hatoyama. Nishikawa was quoted as telling Hatoyama that Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix. (Kyodo)

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Toyota to lease 500 plug-in hybrids globally

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s plug-in hybrid car which is based on its new low-cost Prius model and can be recharged from a household power supply grid. Toyota said on June 3 it will begin leasing about 500 units of the plug-in hybrid cars in Japan, the United States and Europe from the end of this year. (Kyodo)

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LTCB nonbank affiliate Japan Leasing goes under

Hiroaki Okamoto (C), president of Japan Leasing Corp., one of three nonbank affiliates of the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), bows his head low Sept. 28 at the end of a press meeting. He said Japan Leasing went bankrupt as it filed for court protection from its creditors under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law. ==Kyodo

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Vodafone vows to improve its struggling business in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. President Bill Morrow speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 12. He said the company seeks to improve its struggling business in Japan by focusing on young people as well as leasing its networks to other companies under a new medium-term strategic plan. (Kyodo)

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M'bishi Aircraft wins order from Swedish firm for up to 20 MRJs

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp President Hiromichi Morimoto (L) and Niklas Lund, president of Rockton AB, a regional aircraft leasing company, hold a contract document on July 11, 2016, in Farnborough, Britain, after the Japanese company won an order to deliver up to 20 units of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet to the Swedish firm. Rockton is the first European company and second airplane leasing company to select the MRJ, Japan's first domestically produced small passenger jet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Philippines agree on lease of MSDF training aircraft

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets with reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on May 2, 2016, following telephone talks with Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. They agreed on the leasing of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force TC-90 training aircraft to the Philippines amid China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led consortium begins running airports in western Japan

Aircraft are parked on April 1, 2016, at Kansai International Airport near Osaka. Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport in western Japan began running the same day under the management of Kansai Airports, a consortium led by Japanese leasing company Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France, replacing a debt-saddled state-backed company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led consortium begins running airports in western Japan

Posters in a lobby at Kansai International Airport near Osaka announce a change in the airport's management on April 1, 2016. Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport in western Japan began running the same day under the management of Kansai Airports, a consortium led by Japanese leasing company Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France, replacing a debt-saddled state-backed company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led consortium begins running airports in western Japan

A "maiko" apprentice geisha welcomes a foreign tourist at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on April 1, 2016. Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport in western Japan began running the same day under the management of Kansai Airports, a consortium led by Japanese leasing company Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France, replacing a debt-saddled state-backed company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skymark's biggest creditor Intrepid picks Delta as sponsor candidate

Masaru Morimoto (R), managing director for Japan at Delta Air Lines Inc. of the United States, speaks in Tokyo on July 15, 2015, during a press conference with Franklin Pray, president and chief executive officer of Intrepid Aviation Ltd., with regard to Delta's participation in an Intrepid-proposed restructuring plan for bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc., a Japanese low-cost carrier. Intrepid, a global aircraft-leasing company, is the biggest creditor of Skymark. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daiwa House to rent out additional robot suits for nursing care

Daiwa House Industry Co. shows three types of self-support assistive robotic suits "Robot Suit HAL" in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2015. The major homebuilder, also known for services of selling, leasing and renting robotic products, will begin renting out these types of robotic suits, produced by Cyberdyne Inc., to nursing care and welfare facilities from May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Limb-assisting "HAL" gear leased to nursing care facilities

Photo taken in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2015, shows three types of the "HAL" self-support assistive exoskeleton, produced by Cyberdyne Inc., a venture company based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Major Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House Industry Co. has been leasing them to nursing care and welfare facilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda to begin leasing new fuel cell sedan in November in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will begin leasing its new FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle (photo) in November in Japan, mainly targeting government and corporate users. The fuel cell model of the FCX Clarity sedan can run 620 kilometers on a single charge of hydrogen. (Kyodo)

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Honda to begin leasing electric scooters in December

WAKO, Japan - A woman drives a prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter developed by Honda Motor Co. during a demonstration in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on April 13, 2010. Honda said it will begin leasing the completed two-wheel vehicles in December, targeting providers of delivery services and individual business operators. (Kyodo)

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Honda to begin leasing electric scooters in December

WAKO, Japan - A woman drives a prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter developed by Honda Motor Co. during a demonstration in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on April 13, 2010. Honda said it will begin leasing the completed two-wheel vehicles in December, targeting providers of delivery services and individual business operators. (Kyodo)

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Mazda begins leasing hydrogen-gas hybrid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid, a hydrogen-gasoline hybrid vehicle produced by Mazda Motor Corp. Mazda announced March 25 it has become the world's first automaker to begin commercial leasing of hydrogen-gasoline hybrid vehicles. (Kyodo)

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2 women arrested for record-high inheritance tax evasion

OSAKA, Japan - Hatsue Ri (in photo), a 64-year-old company executive, and her sister Yoshiko Ri were arrested in Osaka on March 11 on suspicion of evading about 2.86 billion yen in inheritance tax, the highest figure for a case involving inheritance tax evasion recorded in Japan. The two women are suspected of hiding about 5.93 billion yen inherited from their father, who founded a group of eight firms including real estate leasing and loan companies. (Kyodo)

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7 gangsters arrested over scam involving valueless paintings

TOKYO, Japan - Police arrested a senior gangster and six other gang members on Jan. 10 on suspicion of swindling money by selling valueless paintings (photographed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department) which they falsely claimed could be leased to hotels and other establishments. The suspects allegedly deceived the victims by claiming that they could obtain large fees from hotels and other establishments by leasing the works. (Kyodo)

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Court dismisses Okinawa landowners' appeal on U.S. base use

TOKYO, Japan - A fence encircles a U.S. military communications facility on an Okinawa landowners' lot. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Nov. 27 by eight Okinawa landowners seeking damages for the forced leasing of their land to the U.S. military. (file photo taken in June 2001) (Kyodo).

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Nissan to test-drive fuel-cell vehicle on public roads

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. said Dec. 10 it has gained government approval to test-drive its fuel-cell powered sports-utility vehicle, X-Trail FCV (in photo), on public roads in order to start leasing fuel-cell vehicles in 2003. Nissan will be the third Japanese automaker to launch a fuel-cell vehicle, after Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. launched such cars Dec. 2. (Kyodo)

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Honda to lease fuel cell vehicle in Japan, U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will lease its fuel cell vehicle FCX (photo) in Japan and the United States from Dec. 2, the same date that rival Toyota Motor Corp. will start leasing its own fuel cell vehicle. The four-seat FCX, which uses hydrogen instead of gasoline as its power source, can run at a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and can travel about 355 km on one tank of hydrogen. It will be leased for 800,000 yen a month under a 12-month contract, 400,000 yen lower than the leasing fee set by Toyota for its FCHV sport utility vehicle. (Kyodo)

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Toyota to launch hydrogen car in Japan Dec. 2

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. will start leasing the Toyota FCHV (fuel-cell hybrid vehicle) (photo) to four central government agencies on Dec. 2 in a move that will bring it closer to becoming the world's first automaker to launch a fuel-cell vehicle. The FCHV is powered by electricity generated by the chemical reaction between hydrogen in an onboard tank and oxygen in the air. It generates no pollution, and the only by-product of the reaction is water. (Kyodo)

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Honda releases prototype of FCX fuel-cell car

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. unveils the prototype of its FCX fuel-cell car (photo) in Tokyo on Oct. 22, with an eye to putting it on the Japanese market on a commercial basis by the year-end. The FCX, equipped with a 157-liter compressed hydrogen fuel tank, is capable of a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and a range of 355 km once the tank is filled up. In the initial stage, Honda envisages leasing FCXs to government agencies and other interested parties in the Tokyo metropolitan area. (Kyodo)

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Honda to supply fuel-cell cars to L.A.

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. said Oct. 7 it will supply five of its FCX fuel-cell vehicles to the Los Angeles city government on a leasing contract. Fuel-cell cars are poised to become the next-generation environmentally friendly vehicle. (Kyodo)

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FRC inks accord to sell NCB to Softbank-led group

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayo Homma (L), next president of Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), joins hand with Shunsuke Takeda (2nd from L), vice president of leasing company Orix Corp., Softbank Corp. founder and President Masayoshi Son (3rd from L), and Tomochika Iwashita (R), managing director of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., at a Tokyo hotel on June 6 after the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) and Deposit Insurance Corp. (DIC) signed a basic agreement earlier in the day to sell the nationalized NCB to the tripartite consortium led by Softbank.

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Orix to list on NYSE

Yoshihiko Miyauchi (C), president of Orix Corp., joins a ''taiko'' drum performance to celebrate his company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday Sept. 16. Orix, the largest leasing firm in Japan, became the country's first company since 1994 to list on the NYSE. Richard Grasso (second from R), chairman of the NYSE, also joined the performance outside the NYSE building.