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Government to Sell $10.3 Billion Stake in Japan Tobacco

Japan’s government will sell a stake in Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914) for about $10.3 billion to help cover reconstruction costs of the 2011 earthquake in the country’s largest share offering in three years.
Business Week/Bloomberg
added Feb 25, 2013 22:26
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Govt sale of Japan Tobacco shares to launch within days -sources

The government's sale of a $10 billion stake in Japan Tobacco Inc, the world's third-largest tobacco company, is expected to kick off within days after bankers met on Tuesday over deal details, sources close to the deal told Reuters.
Reuters
added Feb 20, 2013 16:27
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Japan Tobacco admits Fukushima tobacco leaves tested above radiation limits

Japan Tobacco says that leaves grown in most areas have regularly tested with "safe" levels of Radioactive cesium, but recent sample checks found tobacco from three farms in the city of Shirakawa that measured with 110.7 becquerels.
Japan Daily Press (jp)
added Oct 11, 2012 04:05
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[Japan] Tough smoking ban on sidewalks marks 10 years in Chiyoda Ward

Chiyoda Ward, home to the Diet building, the prime minister’s office and many other central government ministries and agencies as well as a cluster of popular electronic shops in Akihabara, became the first local government in the nation to impose such a
Asahi Shimbum (jp)
added Oct 10, 2012 17:21
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[Japan] Relationship between smoking and a new index of arterial stiffness, the cardio-ankle vascular index, in male workers: a cross-sectional study

Cigarette smoking is one of the major factors that increases arterial stiffness. The purpose of this study was to examine further the relationship between smoking status and arterial stiffness using a new index, the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), in
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added Jul 28, 2012 12:26
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Smoking cessation improves mortality in Japanese men: the Hisayama study

Our findings suggest that even a modest smoking habit significantly increases the risk of death among Japanese men, and the risk of death diminishes soon after cessation of smoking. These results imply the importance of smoking cessation to extend life i
Tobacco Control
added Jun 25, 2012 13:32
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ARNOLD: Japan needs more than apologies on insider trades

Handing responsibility for the sale of a $6 billion stake in Japan Tobacco to Nomura Holdings’ (8604.T) rivals after the bank apologized for leaking earlier share sales . . . Tokyo needs to make such leaks illegal and attempts to profit on them much more
Reuters
added Jun 22, 2012 15:32
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Nomura excluded from $6 billion Japan Tobacco share sale

The Japanese government's sale of shares in Japan Tobacco (2914.T), which could raise some $6 billion, will be handled by JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Daiwa Securities (8601.T) and Mizuho Securities, the Ministry of Finance said on M
Reuters
added Jun 18, 2012 14:26
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Insider trading probe casts shadow on Japan Tobacco offering

A widening probe of insider trading that has ensnared Japan's largest brokerage now also threatens to complicate a plan to raise as much as $6 billion to fund reconstruction efforts after the March 2011 earthquake
Reuters
added Jun 3, 2012 23:34
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[Georgia (Country)] Japan Tobacco International Opens Caucasus Regional Office in Georgia

finchannel.com (The FINANCIAL) (ge)
added Apr 2, 2012 00:00
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