Index of Companies Mentioned in Success Stories: Japan (Since September 1998 only; Bold names are the primary focus of an article)
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| Company | Issue Date |
| Aatz Inc. | February 1999 |
| Abcor | September 1999 |
| ABC Trading | February 2000 |
| ACCA Networks | May 2001 |
| Accenture (Andersen Consulting) | May 2001 |
| Ace Shoji Company | October 1998 |
| AC Nielsen Japan | November 1999; and November 2000 |
| ACOM | March 2000 |
| Adecco | September 1999 |
| Adobe | May 2000; and March 2001 |
| Advanced Micro Devices (AMD Japan) | December 2001; and April 2000 |
| Aeon Credit | September 2001 |
| Aetna | April 2000 |
| AFLAC Insurance | March 2001; May 2000; October 1999; and August 1999 |
| Ag-Lead | March 2000 |
| AIC Corporation | March 1999 |
| Aiful | March 2000 |
| AIM Services | June 1999 |
| Air Express International (AEI) | March 2001 |
| AirTouch Communications | October 1999 |
| Air2Web | April 2001 |
| Aiwa | November 1998 |
| Ajinomoto Foods | September 1999; and May 2000 |
| Akebono Brake Industry | April 2000 |
| Alcare Company | April 1999 |
| Alcon Labs | June 2000 |
| Alliance Capital | April 1999 |
| Allied Signal | June 1999 |
| All Nippon Airlines (ANA) | August 2001; and November 2001 |
| Allstate Corporation | September 2001 |
| AlphaGraphics | March 2001 |
| Amazon.com | February 2000; March 2000; October 2000; and September 2001 |
| America Online | September 1999; November 1999; and February 2001 |
| AOL Time Warner | February 2001 |
| American Express | March 1999; September 1999; September 2000; and September 2001 |
| American Pharmacy | March 1999 |
| American International Group (AIG) | February 2000; December 2000; and May 2001 |
| am/pm | June 2000; March 2001; and June 2001 |
| AMR Media Quest | June 2000 |
| Amway Japan | November 2001; and August 1999 |
| ANA Airlines | March 1999; and August 2000 |
| Analog Devices Japan | December 2001 |
| Anheuser-Busch | February 2000 |
| Animedia | February 2001 |
| Aoba Life | April 2000 |
| Apax Globis | March 2000 |
| Apple Japan | September 1999; November 1998; and October 1998 |
| Applied Komatsu | April 2000 |
| Applied Materials | April 2000 |
| Ardent Software | April 1999 |
| Ariba | May 2000; and March 2001 |
| Artemis | April 2000 |
| Arthur Andersen | September 2000 |
| Aruze | February 2001 |
| Asahi Building | September 2000 |
| Asahi Chemical | August 1999 |
| Asahi Mutual Life | March 2001 |
| Asahi Net | March 1999 |
| Asahi Shimbun | September 2000 |
| Asakawagumi Company | September 1998 |
| Asatsu Advertising | February 2001 |
| ASCII Corporation | December 1999 |
| Asia Global Crossing | April 2000 |
| Asia Recovery Fund | November 2000 |
| Aspect Development | May 2000 |
| Associates First Capital | May 2001 |
| AstraZeneca | October 2000 |
| Asyst Technologies | April 2000 |
| Atmel | June 2001 |
| AT&T | April 1999; June 1999; October 1999; February 2001; May 2001; and June 2001 |
| AT&T Jens | April 2000 |
| AT&T Wireless | February 2001; and May 2001 |
| Audi | February 2001 |
| Autobytel Japan | April 2000 |
| AutoLiv | May 2000; April 2000; and December 2000 |
| Avex | December 2001; and February 2001 |
| Avis | June 1999 |
| Avon Products | June 2000; and May 2000 |
| Axa Direct | September 2000 |
| Axa Group | April 2000 |
| @Home Networks | April 1999 |
| Bally Japan | October 2001 |
| Baltimore Technologies | September 2000 |
| Balzers & Leybold | April 2000 |
| Balzers Hakuto | April 2000 |
| Bandai | December 1999; April 2000; February 2001; and November 2001 |
| Banker's Trust | April 1999 |
| Bank of America | September 2001 |
| Bank of Hawaii | September 2001 |
| Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | May 1999; November 2000; and August 2001 |
| BASF | May 2001 |
| Bausch & Lomb | June 2000 |
| Baxter Japan | August 1999 |
| BBDO Worldwide | November 1998 |
| Bear Stearns | March 2000 |
| Beauty Technology Co. | May 2001 |
| Bee Chemical Japan | March 2000 |
| Bekkoame | September 2000 |
| Bellsystem24 | August 2000; February 2001; and October 2001 |
| Bertelsmann | April 2000 |
| Best Denki | November 1998 |
| Beverly Enterprises | August 2000 |
| BF Goodrich | October 1999 |
| B-Gram | February 2001 |
| Big Apple Anime Fest | November 2001 |
| Big John | October 2000; and October 2001 |
| Blackstone Group | September 2001 |
| Blockbuster Japan | October 1999 |
| Blue Willi's | May 2000 |
| BMW Japan | September 1999; and February 2001 |
| Bobson | October 2000 |
| The Body Shop | October 2001 |
| Boeing | September 2001 |
| BookOne | October 2000 |
| Books.or.jp | October 2000 |
| Robert Bosch | April 2000; and May 2000 |
| Bosch RexRoth | September 2001 |
| Bose Japan | November 1998 |
| Boston Scientific | October 2000 |
| Bozell Worldwide | December 1999 |
| BP Amoco/BP Japan | June 2001; May 2001; June 2000; and February 2000 |
| Brierley Investments | December 1999 |
| Britannica.co.jp | March 2000 |
| British Telecom | June 2001; October 1999; June 1999; and February 2000 |
| Broadvision Japan | June 2000 |
| Brooks Automation | May 2001 |
| Brush Wellman | September 1999 |
| BS Group | April 2001 |
| Buddy Communications | June 2000 |
| Cable Television Kobe | May 2000 |
| Cable & Wireless | April 1999; and June 1999 |
| CALPERS | December 1999; and December 2000 |
| Canon | May 2000; and March 2001 |
| Capital Guardian Trust | May 2001 |
| Career Staff | September 1999 |
| Cargill Capital | April 2000 |
| Cargill Japan | September 2000; April 1999; and November 1998 |
| Carlyle Group Japan | September 2001; and June 2001 |
| Carrefour Japan | September 1999; and June 2001 |
| Carrier Japan | May 2000 |
| Casino | September 1999 |
| Casio | May 2000 |
| Catena | August 1999 |
| CDIB Venture Investment | April 2000 |
| Ce Consumer Electronics | April 2000 |
| Cemedine | September 1999; and December 2000 |
| Century Securities | April 2000 |
| Cerberus Japan | September 2000; December 2000; May 2001; June 2001; and September 2001 |
| Challenger, Gray & Christmas | August 1999 |
| Chase Manhattan | September 2000 |
| Chelsea Japan | October 2001 |
| China.com | May 2001 |
| Chiyoda Mutual Life | May 2001 |
| Chiyoda Trust | May 2001 |
| Chizaki Kogyo Corporation | December 1998 |
| CHS Electronics | September 1999 |
| Chuikyo | April 2001 |
| Ciba Vision | June 2000 |
| Circle K | March 2001 |
| Circuit City | October 2001 |
| Cisco | April 2000 |
| Citigroup (Citibank) Japan | February 1999; March 1999; April 2000; May 2001; and September 2001 |
| CKD | September 2001 |
| Claremont Capital | September 2000 |
| Clayton, Dubilier & Rice | September 2001 |
| CNF Inc. | November 2001 |
| Coach Japan | October 2001 |
| Coca-Cola Japan | February 1999; August 1999; October 1999; March 2001; and April 2001 |
| CoCo's Japan | April 1999 |
| Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf | April 2000 |
| Coherent Medical | February 2000 |
| Cole Haan | October 2001 |
| Colony Capital | September 2001; and April 2000 |
| Colorado MicroDisplay | November 1999 |
| Combi | February 2001 |
| CommerceOne | May 2000; and March 2001 |
| Computer Associates | May 2000 |
| Computing Devices Canada | November 2000 |
| Confidence International | October 2000 |
| Continental Airlines | September 2000 |
| Continental Far East | September 1998 |
| Corning | November 2001 |
| Cosmo Oil | June 2001 |
| Costco Japan | September 1999 |
| Covad Communications | May 2001 |
| Crayfish | May 2000 |
| Credit Saison | September 2001; and October 1999 |
| Credit Suisse (CSFB) | February 2000; and April 1999 |
| Crossbow Technology | June 2001 |
| CSK | June 2000; August 2000; October 2000; and February 2001 |
| Cummins Engine | February 2000; and November 2000 |
| Cushman & Wakefield | May 2001 |
| CVS Bay Area | March 2001 |
| CyberAgent | May 2000 |
| CyberCash | November 1999 |
| Cyberian Outpost | September 1999; and May 2000 |
| Cybird | February 2001; May 2001; and December 2001 |
| Cypress Semiconductor | June 2001 |
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| Daido Concrete | September 1998 |
| Daiei | September 1998; May 1999; March 2000; February 2001; and September 2001 |
| Daiei OMC | September 2001 |
| Daifuku Corp | May 2001 |
| Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DIK) | March 1999; September 1999; October 1999; February 2000; March 2000; and August 2000 |
| Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Card, Ltd. | September 2001 |
| Dai-Ichi Kosho | February 2001 |
| Dai-Ichi Mutual Life | April 2000; and March 2001 |
| Daikin | August 1999 |
| Daimaru | September 2001 |
| Daimler Chrysler | September 2000 |
| Dai Nippon Construction | December 1998 |
| Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets (SBCM) | August 1999; October 1999; December 1999; November 2000; and December 2000 |
| Daiwa SB Investments | March 2000 |
| Dalphi Metal | May 2001 |
| Dana Japan | October 1999 |
| Danzas Group | March 2001 |
| Datacraft Asia | April 2000 |
| Daum.net | August 2001 |
| Delco Remy International | December 1999; and November 2000 |
| Dell Japan | November 1998; April 2000; and November 2001 |
| Deloitte Touche Consulting | November 1999 |
| Delphi Automotive Systems | June 1999; April 2000; and May 2000 |
| Denny's Japan | October 2000 |
| Denso | October 1999 |
| Dentsu | November 1998; August 2000; December 2000; February 2001; and November 2001 |
| Deutsche Bank | September 1999 |
| Deutsche Post Group | March 2001 |
| Deutsche Telecom | June 1999 |
| Development Bank of Japan | August 2000 |
| DHL International | March 2001 |
| Diageo Plc | May 2000 |
| Dia Kensetsu | May 2001 |
| Dialog Ltd. | April 2000 |
| Diamond Credit (DC) | September 2001 |
| Diamond Weekly | November 1999 |
| Digital Hollywood | September 2000 |
| Digital Scape | September 2000 |
| Diner's Club Japan | September 2001; and April 2000 |
| Disney Internet Group Japan | December 2001 |
| DisplayTech | November 1999 |
| DLJ Direct | June 2000 |
| D. Nagata Company | November 1998 |
| Dole Foods Japan | September 1999 |
| DoubleClick | May 2001 |
| Dow Chemical Japan | August 1999 |
| Dow Jones | September 2000 |
| Dow Kakoh | August 1999 |
| Draper Fisher Jurvetson | March 2000 |
| Dream Incubator | May 2001 |
| Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | September 2000 |
| DSA Analytics | December 2000 |
| DTM Corporation | October 1999 |
| East-West Consultants | June 1999 |
| Eaton Corporation | September 2001; May 2001; and October 1999 |
| Ebara | October 1999; and February 2001 |
| E-Bay | September 1999; and May 2000 |
| ECC Language School | March 2000 |
| Eddie Bauer Japan | December 1999; and October 2001 |
| Edwin Jeans | October 2000; and October 2001 |
| EiAi | February 2001 |
| Eichrom Industries | October 1998 |
| Eiko Shoji | October 2000 |
| Eisai Company | September 1999 |
| ELady.com | March 2000 |
| Electronic Arts | February 2001 |
| Electronic Data Systems (EDS) | February 2001 |
| Elpida Memory | February 2002 |
| El Torito Restaurants | April 1999 |
| EMachines | September 1999 |
| Emeritus Corporation | May 1999; December 1999; and August 2000 |
| Emery Japan | November 2001 |
| Encompass Globalization | March 2000; and May 2001 |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | March 2000 |
| E-Net | March 2001 |
| ENICOM | April 1999 |
| Enron | June 2001 |
| Entrust Technologies | September 2000 |
| E-One Energy | September 2000 |
| ePLAT Japan | March 2001 |
| Ericsson | June 2001 |
| Ernst & Young | April 2000 |
| Escada | October 2001 |
| Estech Corporation | May 2001 |
| Euro-Pacific Building Materials | October 1998 |
| Evercore Partners | September 2001 |
| Evergreen Marine | February 2000 |
| e-Wing Securities | September 2000 |
| Exar Corporation | June 2001 |
| Executive Search International | June 1999 |
| Exodus Communications | March 2000; and April 2000 |
| Export-Import Bank of Japan | August 2000 |
| Exxon Mobil | June 2001 |
| Family Mart | May 1999; October 2000; March 2001; and September 2001 |
| Fancl | May 2001 |
| Faurecia | June 2000 |
| Feather Safety Razor | April 1999 |
| Federal Express | November 1999; March 2001; and November 2001 |
| Fidelity Investments Japan | August 1999; March 1999; and March 2000 |
| Financial Guaranty Insurance (FGIC) | December 1998 |
| Financial Security Assurance (FSA) | December 1998 |
| Financial Times | September 2000 |
| First Data | September 2001 |
| FISCO Ltd. | March 2000 |
| Fitch Ratings Japan | August 2001 |
| Flag Telecom | February 2000 |
| Focal Corporation | April 1999 |
| Foote, Cone, Belding (FCB) | December 1999 |
| Ford Motors | June 1999; October 1999; and June 2000 |
| Ford Financial Services | March 1999 |
| 4Kids Entertainment | September 2000 |
| France Telecom | June 1999 |
| Franchise Advantage | September 2000 |
| Franklin Electric | May 2001 |
| FreeMarkets | May 2000 |
| Friends, Ivory & Sime | April 2000 |
| Frost & Sullivan | September 1998; and December 1999 |
| Fudo Construction Company | December 1998 |
| Fuji Bank | September 1998; March 1999; April 1999; December 1999; February 2000; March 2000; and September 2001 |
| Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance | May 2001 |
| Fuji Heavy Industries | November 1998; April 2000; and February 2002 |
| Fuji Queen | February 2000 |
| Fuji Seiki | April 2000 |
| Fuji TV | February 2001 |
| Fujigin Credit Co. | September 2001 |
| Fujirebio | December 2001 |
| Fujisawa Pharmaceutical | September 1999 |
| Fujita & Company | October 1999 |
| Fujitsu | December 1999; April 2000; May 2000; February 2001; June 2001; and November 2001 |
| Fujitsu Learning Media | February 1999 |
| Fujiya Company | November 2000 |
| Fukuda Denshi | August 2001 |
| Funai Electric | November 2001 |
| Furukawa Electric | June 2000 |
| Future Institute Corporation | September 2000 |
| FutureKids | September 2000 |
| Gaga Communications | February 2001 |
| Gaiax | August 2001 |
| Gainax Network Systems | February 2001 |
| Gakken Publishing | December 2001 |
| Gap Japan | October 2001 |
| Gateway Computer Japan | November 1998; and February 2000 |
| Gavin Anderson Japan | October 1999 |
| GE Capital | December 1998; March 1999; April 1999; June 1999; March 2000; April 2000; May 2000; December 2000; and September 2001 |
| GE Marquette Medical Systems | February 2002 |
| GE Medical | November 2001; and April 2000 |
| Gemstone | October 1999 |
| General Dynamics | November 2000 |
| General Electric Japan | November 1998; August 2000; and March 2001; and May 2001 |
| General Motors | October 1999; April 2000; June 2000; November 2000; and February 2001 |
| General Motors Acceptance Corp (GMAC) | March 1999 |
| General Sekiyu | October 2000 |
| Gentex Corporation | September 1998 |
| Getz Brothers | August 2001 |
| GigaNet | March 1999 |
| Giorgio Armani | April 2000 |
| Giza Studio | February 2001 |
| GKN | October 1999 |
| Global Freight Exchange (GF-X) | March 2001 |
| Global One (Japan) | June 1999 |
| Global Online | March 1999; March 2000; and April 2000 |
| Glynwed | September 2000 |
| GoCargo.com | September 2000 |
| Goldman Sachs Japan | November 1998; March 1999; April 1999; March 2000; and November 2001 |
| Goto Company | September 1998 |
| Goto.com | March 2000 |
| GP Network Corporation | May 2001 |
| Grand River Group | April 2000 |
| Gran Spec | April 2000 |
| Grey Advertising | April 2000 |
| Grey Daiko | April 2000 |
| Greenwood Capital | March 2000 |
| Groupe Limograin | May 2001 |
| GSI Lumonics | April 2000 |
| Gymboree | May 2000; and December 2000 |
| Hachette Fujingahosha | April 2000 |
| Haemonetics Japan | February 2000 |
| Hakuhodo | November 1998; and August 2000 |
| Half Century More Corporation | August 2000 |
| Hanjin Express | September 1998 |
| Hankyu | November 2001 |
| Hankyu Department Stores | September 2001 |
| Hanna Engineered Materials | November 1998 |
| Hansen & Company | February 1999 |
| Harada Corporation | October 1998 |
| Harrah's Rio Las Vegas | December 1999 |
| Hasbro | February 2001 |
| Hasegawa | February 2001 |
| Hayashi Telempu | June 2000 |
| Hd Lab | May 2001 |
| Heiwa Life | April 2000 |
| Helena Agrochemicals | February 2000 |
| Heller Financial | December 1999 |
| Henkel Japan | December 2000; and September 1999 |
| Hertz Japan | June 1999 |
| Hewlett-Packard Japan | August 1999; April 2000; May 2000; June 2000; and December 2000 |
| Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst | September 2001 |
| Hikari Tsushin | March 2000; and October 2000 |
| Hitachi | November 1998; April 1999; October 1999; February 2000; March 2000; May 2000; and May 2001 |
| Hitachi Heavy Industries | February 2002 |
| Hokkaido Takushoku Bank | April 1999 |
| Honda Motors | September 1998; November 1998; March 2000; and June 2000 |
| Honjo Corporation | November 1998 |
| Honyasan | March 2000; and October 2000 |
| Honeywell | June 1999; and October 2000 |
| Hori Enterprises | October 2001 |
| Hot Spar | March 2001 |
| Howmet Corporation | December 1998; and April 2000 |
| HSBC Holdings | September 1999; and September 2001 |
| Hudson | February 2001 |
| Hutchison Telecom | February 2001 |
| Hyundai | September 2000 |
| IBM Japan | May 1999; February 1999; June 1999; August 1999; November 1999; March 2000; April 2000; May 2000; June 2000; September 2000; December 2000; March 2001; and September 2001 |
| Ichikoh | September 1998; June 1999; and April 2000 |
| Ida Cosmetics | October 2001 |
| Idemitsu Oil | June 2001 |
| IFIS | April 2000 |
| Igarashi | October 2000 |
| IHS Group | February 2000 |
| Ikeda Bussan | May 2001 |
| IMS Japan | November 2001 |
| Inageya | February 2001 |
| Inax | February 2000 |
| Indeco Corporation | October 1999 |
| Index Corporation | December 2001; and February 2001 |
| Indocom | April 2000 |
| Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) | March 2000; and September 2000 |
| Infogrames | February 2001 |
| Informatica | April 1999 |
| ING Groep | May 2001 |
| Insight Technologies | March 2000 |
| inSilicon Corporation | May 2001 |
| Intel Japan | August 1999; April 2000; and February 2001 |
| Intercon International Japan | February 1999 |
| International Digital Communications (IDC) | April 1999 |
| International Management Group Japan (IMG) | March 1999 |
| Internet Access Center | March 1999 |
| Internet Initiative Japan | April 2000 |
| Internet Security Systems | April 2001 |
| Internix | October 1999 |
| Intranet Systems | June 1999 |
| Invesco | March 1999 |
| I & S Corporation | November 1998 |
| Isetan | September 2001 |
| Iseya Kosan | June 2001 |
| Ishida Sangyo | October 2000 |
| Ishikawa-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) | December 1998; and February 2000 |
| Isuzu Motors | August 1999; June 2000; and November 2000 |
| Itochu | September 1999; December 1999; February 2000; and February 2001 |
| Itochu Techno-Science | October 1999; May 2000; and June 2000 |
| Ito-Yokado | May 1999; October 2000; and October 2001 |
| i2 Technologies | May 2000; and March 2001 |
| Ivex International | March 2000 |
| iXL Japan | April 2001 |
| Izumi | May 2000 |
| Izumi Jidosha | April 2000 |
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| Jafco | June 1999; September 2000; and May 2001 |
| JAL Information Technology | October 2000 |
| Jaleco | May 2001 |
| Janssen-Kyowa | September 2000 |
| Japan Airlines | August 2000; September 2000; March 2001; and November 2001 |
| Japan Air System | August 2000 |
| Japan Beverage Corp. | February 2000 |
| Japan Business Computer | August 1999 |
| Japan Card Center | October 2000 |
| Japan Consumer Credit Services | May 2000 |
| Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) | September 2001 |
| Japan Development Bank | May 1999; and August 2000 |
| Japan Energy | June 2000; and March 2001 |
| Japan Information Engineering | June 2000 |
| Japan Property Advisors | May 2001 |
| Japan Recovery Fund | November 2000; and April 2001 |
| Japan Regional Development Corporation | August 1999 |
| Japan Energy | June 1999; and June 2001 |
| Japan Intercultural Consulting | October 1999 |
| Japan Leasing | March 1999; and April 1999 |
| Japan Telecom | |