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PRESS DIGEST - Japan - April 11

Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:42pm EDT

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Following are some of the leading stories in the Friday morning editions of Japanese newspapers, as compiled by Kyodo news agency:

-- Major retailers Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd (3382.T), Aeon Co Ltd (8267.T) both suffer drops in operating profits (Asahi)

-- Bayer Yakuhin produced iPs cells earlier than Kyoto University's Yamanaka (Mainichi)

-- 43 PTA mutual aid systems to be disbanded due to law revision (Yomiuri)

-- International financial authorities to jointly monitor large banks (Nikkei)



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