PRESS DIGEST - Japan - April 11

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)