| Japan's Stock Investing Tips |
| The reserve for upgrade to the first section in the second of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| (as of October 28, 2004) |
Japan's stock market journal "Kabushiki Shimbun" said that it's
advisable to invest in the following companys.
Because if some of them would be listed the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the near future, they would be actively bought by institutional investors.
Unless the company provides English web site, please also visit Business.com and type in the name, then click the "Search" button.
| № | Name | Ticker | Lot Size | Industry | Splits (ex-date) (mm/dd/yy) |
| 1 | Yukiguni Maitake | 1378 | 100 | Fishery Agriculture & Forestry | 03/28/1994 [13:10] 03/28/1995 [13:10] 12/26/1995 [13:10] 12/25/1998 [6:5] |
| 2 | Nippon Jogesuido Sekkei | 2325 | 1 | Services | 06/25/2004 [4:1] |
| 3 | Kura Corporation (Japanese Info.) |
2695 | 1 | Retail Trade (revolving sushi chain restaurants) |
10/26/2001 [2:1] 04/24/2002 [2:1] 04/26/2004 [2:1] |
| 4 | Takachiho Electric | 2715 | 100 | Wholesale Trade | 09/27/2004 [2:1] |
| 5 | Sanko Marketing Foods (Japanese Info.) |
2762 | 1 | Retail Trade (Italian, beef barbecue/yakiniku restaurants and Japanese style pubs management) |
10/26/2004 [2:1] |
| 6 | Bookoff Corporation (Japanese Info.) |
3313 | 100 | Retail Trade (secondhand shop franchise) |
06/25/2004 [2:1] |
| 7 | Tocalo | 3433 | 100 | Metal Products | - |
| 8 | Gro-Bels (Japanese Info.) |
3528 | 1,000 | Real Estate | - |
| 9 | Sanei International | 3605 | 100 | Textiles & Apparels | - |
| 10 | Netmarks | 3713 | 1 | Information & Communication | 03/26/2004 [2:1] 09/27/2004 [2:1] |
| 11 | Hitachi Systems & Services (Japanese Info.) |
3735 | 100 | Information & Communication | - |
| 12 | Kibun Food Chemifa | 4065 | 100 | Foods | - |
| 13 | IXI | 4313 | 1 | Information & Communication | 06/25/2002 [5:1] 04/26/2004 [3:1] |
| 14 | Bandai Visual | 4325 | 1 | Information & Communication | 08/27/2002 [3:1] 06/25/2004 [3:1] |
| 15 | Take and Give Needs | 4331 | 1 | Services | 12/25/2003 [3:1] 04/26/2004 [3:1], 09/27/2004 [10:1] |
| 16 | Seikagaku Corporation | 4548 | 100 | Pharmaceutical | 03/27/1990 [11:10] 03/26/1991 [6:5] 03/26/1992 [6:5] 03/26/1993 [6:5] 03/28/1994 [6:5] 05/26/2004 [3:2] |
| 17 | Nippon Broadcasting System (Japanese Info.) |
4660 | 10 | Information & Communication (radio station) |
03/28/2000 [2:1] |
| 18 | Mitsui Knowledge Industry (Japanese Info.) |
4846 | 100 | Information & Communication (system integrator) |
- |
| 19 | Yushiro Chemical Industry | 5013 | 100 | Oil & Coal Products | 03/27/1986 [6:5] 09/27/1988 [11:10] |
| 20 | Fukoku | 5185 | 100 | Rubber Products | 03/28/1995 [11:10] 03/28/2000 [11:10] 03/27/2001 [11:10] |
| 21 | Automobile Foundry (Japanese Info.) |
5605 | 1,000 | Transportation Equipment | - |
| 22 | Corona | 5909 | 100 | Metal Products | 04/15/1997 [11:10] 03/26/2002 [11:10] |
| 23 | Unipres | 5949 | 100 | Transportation Equipment | 03/27/1990 [13:10] |
| 24 | Komatsu Electronic Metals | 5977 | 100 | Metal Products | - |
| 25 | Toyo Machinery & Metal | 6210 | 1,000 | Machinery | 09/26/1989 [1129:1000] 09/25/2003 [6:5] |
| 26 | Tomoe Engineering | 6309 | 100 | Machinery | (listed on 10/25/2004) |
| 27 | Freesia Macross (Japanese Info.) |
6343 | 1,000 | Machinery (retails of personal computers, hardware, machinery and equipment) |
03/28/1989 [11:10] 03/27/1990 [6:5] *10/14/1991 [1:2] 01/ 09/2003 [2:1] |
| 28 | Fuso Lexel (Japanese Info.) |
6386 | 100 | Real Estate | 03/28/1989 [6:5] |
| 29 | Maezawa Kyuso Industries (Japanese Info.) |
6485 | 100 | Machinery (feed water equipment) |
03/26/1998 [6:5] |
| 30 | Sanyo Denki | 6516 | 1,000 | Electric Appliances | 09/27/1983 [11:10] 09/26/1984 [11:10] 09/26/1985 [11:10] 09/26/1986 [11:10] 09/27/1988 [11:10] 09/26/1989 [11:10] |
| 31 | Fujitsu Frontech | 6945 | 100 | Electric Appliances | 03/28/1988 [115.100] 09/26/1989 [115:100] 03/26/1991 [115:100] |
| 32 | Musashi Seimitsu Industry | 7220 | 100 | Transportation Equipment | 09/27/2004 [2:1] |
| 33 | Mikuni | 7247 | 1,000 | Transportation Equipment | 03/27/1986 [115:100] 03/27/1987 [11:10] 09/26/1987 [106:100] |
| 34 | Toyo Buhin Kogyo | 7277 | 1,000 | Transportation Equipment | 01/ 9/1990 [107:100] |
| 35 | Onoken (Japanese Info.) |
7414 | 100 | Wholesale Trade (steel products and construction machinery) |
03/28/1995 [13:10] 03/26/1997 [11:10] |
| 36 | Uoriki (Japanese Info.) |
7596 | 100 | Retail Trade (fresh fish and fishery product) |
09/25/2002 [2:1] |
| 37 | Ichibanya (Japanese Info.) |
7630 | 100 | Retail Trade (curry chain stores) |
- |
| 38 | JSP | 7942 | 100 | Chemicals | 03/27/1990 [11:10] 03/26/1992 [6:5] 03/28/1995 [11:10] 03/26/1997 [11:10] |
| 39 | STB Leasing (Japanese Info.) |
8432 | 100 | Other Financing Business | - |
| 40 | Ichiyoshi Securities (Japanese Info.) |
8624 | 1,000 | Securities | 03/27/1990 [11:10] |
| 41 | Takagi Securities (Japanese Info.) |
8625 | 1,000 | Securities | 03/27/1990 [11:10] |
| 42 | Creed Corporation | 8888 | 1 | Real Estate | 11/25/2004 [2:1] (announced on Aug. 10) |
| 43 | Arnest One Corporation (Japanese Info.) |
8895 | 100 | Real Estate | 03/26/2003 [2:1] 03/26/2004 [2:1] |
| 44 | Ryowa Life Create (Japanese Info.) |
8896 | 100 | Real Estate | 09/27/2004 [2:1] |
| 45 | Suncity (Japanese Info.) |
8910 | 1 | Real Estate | 06/25/2003 [2:1] 06/25/2004 [4:1] 11/25/2004 [2:1] (announced on Oct. 19) |
| 46 | Yasuda Warehouse (Japanese Info.) |
9324 | 100 | Warehousing & Harbor Transportation Services | - |
| 47 | Marubeni Telecom | 9447 | 1 | Information & Communication | - |
| 48 | Global Media Online | 9449 | 100 | Information & Communication | 12/27/1999 [2:1] 06/27/2000 [2:1] 06/25/2004 [2:1] |
| 49 | Zenrin | 9474 | 100 | Information & Communication | 03/28/1995 [7:5] 03/26/1996 [7:5] 03/26/1997 [115:100] 03/26/1998 [11:10] |
| 50 | Valor (Japanese Info.) |
9956 | 100 | Retail Trade (supermarket) |
03/28/1994 [6:5] 03/28/1995 [11:10] |