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Apr. 21, 2008
Affirmed A/Stable on sr.debts of Mie Bank
Apr. 18, 2008
Affirmed AA-/Stable and J-1+ for Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance
Assigned A+ to bonds of Kobe Steel
Downgraded Takara Standard to A/Stable; Assigned pre. A and J-1
JCR's Rating Review of 3 Japan Railway companies
Apr. 17, 2008
Affirmed BBB- on Toli; Revised outlook to Negative
Affirmed BBB/Stable on sr.debts of Nagatanien
Assigns A+ Ratings to Kookmin Bank's Inaugural Samurai
Assigned A- to bonds of Fuji Electric Holdings
Affirmed BBB- on Wakachiku Construction; Revised outlook to Negative
Apr. 16, 2008
Assigned preliminary A to shelf registration of Nifco
Upgraded sr.debts of Nikon to A+/Stable
Upgraded sr.debts of Oriental Yeast to A/Stable
Assigned AA- to bonds of Sumitomo Metal Industries
Affirmed BBB/Stable on senior debts of Vital-Net
Affirmed BBB/Stable on sr.debts of Asahi Printing
Assigned AAA to bonds of Electric Power Development Company
Apr. 15, 2008
Assigned AAA to bonds of Tokyo Electric Power Company
Affirmed BBB on Royal Holdings; Revised Outlook to Stable
Assigned AA+ to bonds of NTT Data
Apr. 14, 2008
Affirmed J-1 on CP of Meiji Dairies
Upgraded sr.debts of Sunx to A/Stable
Apr. 11, 2008
Affirmed A/Stable and A on senior debts and bonds of Rohto Pharmaceutical
Affirmed A/Stable rating on sr.debts of Sundrug
Assigned AA- to bonds of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Assigned AA- to bonds of Hitachi Capital
Affirmed BBB for Unimat Life and Revised Outlook to Stable
Assigned AA- to bonds of Sumitomo Chemical
Apr. 10, 2008
Affirmed AA-/Stable on sr.debts of Kaneka
Assigned A- to bonds of Kintetsu
Affirmed BBB/Stable on sr.debts of Nishikawa Rubber
Apr. 09, 2008
Upgraded sr.debts of Taihei Kogyo to BBB+/Stable
Affirmed BBB+/Stable on sr.debts of Inageya
Affirmed A/Stable and A- on sr.debts and sub.bonds of Fukui Bank
Assigned AA and AA- to bonds and sub.bonds of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Affirmed AAp/Stable on sr.debts of Daiwa House Industry
Affirms AAA Ratings on Asian Development Bank
Assigned AAA to bonds of Kyushu Electric Power
Affirmed J-1 on CP of Kobe Steel
Upgraded rating on CP of Tokyo Associates Finance to J-1
Apr. 08, 2008
Assigned AAA to bonds of National Life Finance
Apr. 07, 2008
Affirms A-/A+ (FC/LC) on PTT Public Company; Outlook Stable
Apr. 04, 2008
Affirmed A/Stable and A- on sr.debts and sub.bonds of Toho Bank
Affirms A-/A+ (FC/LC) on Thailand; Outlook Stable
Assigned preliminary AAA to shelf registration of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance
Affirmed BBB-/Stable on senior debts of Ishihara Sangyo
Assigned AAA to bonds of Development Bank of Japan
Apr. 03, 2008
Assigned a preliminary AAA to shelf registration of NTT DoCoMo
Upgraded STB Leasing to A+/Stable from A-/Positive
Assigned AAA to bonds of Kansai Electric Power Company
Assigned AAA to bonds of Tokyo Electric Power Company
Apr. 02, 2008
Affirmed A/Stable on Takata: Assigned J-1 to CP
Assigned AAA to bonds of Chugoku Electric Power Company
Affirmed BBB/Stable on sr.debts of Sugimoto & Co.
Apr. 01, 2008
Withdrawn BBB-/Stable rating on senior debts of Kanro
Affirmed A-/Stable and J-1 on sr.debts/CP of Japan Pulp & Paper
Withdrawn BBB+/Stable rating on senior debts of Sanki Engineering
Withdrawn BB+/Stable rating on senior debts of Vitec
Assigned J-1 to Kurashiki Medical Center Trust Certificates 08-05
Mar. 31, 2008
Upgraded sr.debts of Ryoden Trading to A-/Stable
Affirmed AA/Stable on sr.debts of Nitto Denko
Upgraded sr.debts of Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos to AA-/Stable
Affirmed BBB-/Stable and BBB- on sr.debts and bonds of Tomy
Affirmed J-1+ on CP of NTT Data
Withdrawn AA- on EMTN of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing
Assigned BBB+/Stable to senior debts of IDEC
Upgraded Mitsumi Electric to A/Stable; Affirmed J-1 on CP
Assigns A+ Preliminary Ratings to Kookmin Bank's Inaugural Samurai
Affirmed J-1+ on CP of Nippon Steel
Affirmed BBB-/Stable on sr.debts of Tokyo Lithmatic
Withdrawn J-2 on CP of Mitsui CM Leasing
Mar. 28, 2008
Affirmed A/Stable and A- on sr.debts and sub.bonds of Nanto Bank
Assigned BBB-/Stable to senior debts of Kanematsu Corporation
Assigned preliminary BBB+ to shelf registration of Nippon Sheet Glass
Withdrawn BBB/Stable rating on Daido Metal
Affirmed BBB/Stable and BBB on sr.debts and bonds of Yorozu
Affirmed AA+p/Stable on sr.debts of Astellas Pharma
Downgraded ShinGinko Tokyo to BBB-/Negative and J-2: Removed CM
Downgraded Bank of Ikeda to #A-: Continues CM with Developing