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Feb. 24, 2010
Affirmed BBB+/Stable on senior debts of Chuo Warehouse
Assigned AA- rating to sub. bonds of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking
Assigned A rating to bonds of Orix
Affirmed Ap on Toyo Ink Mfg.; Revised outlook to Stable
Affirmed A-/Stable and J-1 on Sanyo Special Steel
Assigned AA- to bonds of Mitsui Fudosan
Feb. 23, 2010
Affirmed BBB-/Stable on Towa Bank
Assigned preliminary A- rating to shelf of Promise
Assigned A- rating to sub.loan (Hybrid) of Yokogawa Electric
Assigned preliminary A to shelf reg. of Denki Kagaku Kogyo
Affirmed J-2 on CP of Furukawa Electric
Affirms AAA ratings on Kingdom of Denmark: Outlook Stable
Feb. 22, 2010
Feb. 19, 2010
Withdraws BBB-/Negative rating on senior debts of SBI Mortgage
Affirmed BBB on Saikyo Bank; Revised outlook to Positive
Affirmed A/Stable and J-1 on IBJ Leasing
Assigned AA rating to bonds of Urban Renaissance Agency
Assigned A- rating to bonds of Mori Building
Assigned preliminary A- rating to shelf of Orient Corporation
Feb. 18, 2010
Downgraded ratings on Willcom to D
Affirmed AA on Sumitomo Wiring Systems; Revised outlook to Stable
Affirmed AA on Sumitomo Electric Industries; Revised outlook to Stable
Feb. 17, 2010
JCR Affirmed A+/Stable for Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
JCR Affirmed A+ for Cheung Kong Finance Japan
Assigned AAA to bonds of Aichi Prefecture
Affirmed AA/Stable and AA on sr.debts and bonds of Urban Renaissance Agency
Affirmed A/Stable on First Bank of Toyama
Affirmed BBB+/Stable and J-2 rating on Mitsubishi Electric Credit
Downgraded rating on Nippon Yusen to AA-; Outlook Stable
Affirms A+ Ratings to Central American Bank for Economic Integration, outlook stable
Affirmed preliminary A- rating on bonds of Mori Building
Feb. 16, 2010
Affirmed AA-p/Stable on sr.debts of FamilyMart
Affirmed AAA/Stable on sr.debts of Hitotsubashi University
Affirmed BBB-/Stable on Mitsubishi Paper Mills
Affirmed J-1 on CP of Sumishin Matsushita Financial Services
Feb. 15, 2010
Affirmed AA-/Stable and J-1+ on Mitsui Fudosan
Affirmed AA+/Stable on sr.debts of Aoyama Gakuin
Affirmed AA/Stable on SECOM General Insurance
Affirmed AA+/Stable on senior debts of Secom
Affirmed A/Stable on Sankei Building
Affirmed BBB+/Stable on Japan Medical Alliance
JCR Downgraded rating on EMTN of ORIX to A
JCR Downgraded rating on EMTN of ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) to A
JCR Downgraded rating on EMTN of ORIX (CARIBBEAN) to A
JCR Downgraded rating on EMTN of ORIX USA to A
Downgraded rating on bonds of Orix to A; Outlook Stable
Affirmed A, A- on Nanto Bank; Revised outlook to Stable
Affirmed BBB+ and Revised outlook on Bank of Ikeda to Positive
Feb. 12, 2010
Assigned A-/Stable and A- to sr.debts and bonds of Temp Holdings
Assigned A+ to bonds of Nippon Meat Packers
Assigned pre. AA and AA- rating to bonds and sub.bonds of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Affirmed A/Stable and J-1 on senior debts and CP of JGC
Affirmed AA/Stable on senior debts of 77 Bank
Placed SSP's rating under Credit Monitor Positive #A-/Positive
Feb. 10, 2010
Affirmed BBB- and BB+ on Howa Bank; Revised outlook to Stable
Assigned AA+ rating to bonds of Osaka (City of)
Feb. 09, 2010
Affirmed AA-/Stable and J-1+ on Asahi Breweries
Affirmed BBB+ and J-2 on Sapporo Holdings ; Revised outlook to Positive
Withdraws BB/Stable rating on senior debts of Best Denki
Affirms AA+ Ratings on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Outlook Stable
Affirmed BBB+ on Nagano Bank; Revised outlook to Negative
Feb. 08, 2010
Affirmed A+/Stable; Assigned J-1 to CP of Meiji Holdings
JCR Affirmed BBB and J-2 on Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings; Revised outlook to Stable
JCR Affirmed BBB and J-2 on Tokai Tokyo Securities; Revised outlook to Stable
Upgraded rating on Mitsui Sugar to A- and J-1; Outlook Stable
Affirmed A+/Stable and J-1 on Meiji Dairies
Affirmed A+/Stable and J-1 rating on Meiji Seika
Placed rating on Nippon Yakin under Credit Monitor Negative
Feb. 05, 2010
Affirmed A+ and J-1 on Aeon Credit; Revised outlook to Negative
Affirmed A and J-1 on Aeon Kyushu; Revised outlook to Negative
Affirmed BBB/Stable rating on Hikari Tsushin
Affirmed A-/Negative rating on AEON Thana Shinsap (Thailand)
Withdraws BBB-/Negative rating on sr. debts of Tokyo Lithmatic
Affirmed BBB/Stable on senior debts of Harima Chemicals
Assigned AAA to bonds of Aichi Prefecture
JCR Affirmed A-/Stable on Toyobo
JCR Affirmed BBB on TC Preferred Capital
Feb. 04, 2010
Affirmed A/Stable on senior debts of Air Water
JCR Affirmed AA+/Stable on Seven & I Holdings
JCR Affirmed AA+/Stable on Ito-Yokado
Affirmed AA+/Stable on senior debts of Seven-Eleven Japan
Affirmed BBB- and J-2 on Furukawa; Revised outlook to Stable
Affirmed A+/Stable on Kyoritsu Women's Educational Institution
Affirmed A+ on Oita Bank; Revised outlook to Stable
Affirmed A and A- on Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank; Outlook Stable
Withdraws preliminary A+ rating on shelf of NGK Spark Plug