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Yahoo BB client data likely leaked by insiders: Softbank panel
TOKYO March 18 Kyodo - The massive quantity of client data leaked from Internet service provider Yahoo BB last year in two separate cases was likely obtained by insiders as there was no sign of unauthorized access, an investigative panel said Thursday.
The panel of outside experts set up by Softbank BB Corp., the operator of Yahoo BB, released a report that said the data on 4.6 million customers obtained by a group of three men who tried to blackmail the parent company Softbank Corp. were likely obtained by someone using an authentic password.

Private testing, gov't OK needed to end beef import ban
TOKYO March 18 Kyodo - Japan is likely to remove its import ban on U.S. beef if U.S. exporters test all cattle for export for mad cow disease in cooperation with the U.S. government, a senior official at the Japanese agriculture ministry said Thursday.
''We will welcome private-sector testing with the U.S. government's firm involvement,'' Mamoru Ishihara, vice minister for agriculture, forestry and fisheries, told a press conference.




March 19 (07 :25) Japanese morning newspaper headlines - TOKYO
March 18 (06 :40) Kyodo news summary -12- - NEW YORK
March 19 (05 :30) Data on Citibank's Japanese customers missing in Singapore: report - TOKYO
March 18 (04 :00) Kyodo news summary -11- - NEW YORK
March 19 (03 :14) MMC concealed hub defects after 1999 bus accident: police - YOKOHAMA
March 18 (01 :55) U.S. takes China's tax polices on chips to WTO - WASHINGTON
March 18 (01 :31) EU, Microsoft fail to agree on antitrust case - BRUSSELS
March 18 (01 :14) U.S. takes China's tax polices on chips to WTO - WASHINGTON
March 18 (23 :50) Dollar falls below 107 yen to hit one-month low vs yen in NY - NEW YOK
March 18 (23 :22) Kyodo economic news summary -7- - TOKYO
March 18 (23 :14) Yahoo BB client data likely leaked by insiders: Softbank panel - TOKYO
March 18 (23 :09) EU, Microsoft fail to agree on antitrust case - BRUSSELS
March 18 (22 :46) Suspected hog cholera cases found in Kagoshima - KAGOSHIMA
March 18 (22 :24) H.K. businessman Li Ka-shing opposes direct elections in 2007 - HONG KONG
March 18 (22 :20) Bonuses at big Japanese firms last winter saw 1st rise in 2 years - TOKYO
March 18 (21 :59) Mazda to recall 2,656 vehicles to fix defective emission filter - TOKYO
March 18 (21 :25) Outstanding balance of JGB holdings by BOJ tops 100 trillion yen - TOKYO
March 18 (21 :20) Japan Post takes unprecedented step over savings limit - TOKYO
March 18 (21 :18) Dollar trades below 107 yen to hit 1-month low vs yen in London - LONDON
March 18 (21 :07) Konica Minolta to cut back on digital camera business despite growth - TOKYO
March 18 (20 :59) Travel agencies seeing brisk bookings for Golden Week tours - TOKYO
March 18 (20 :45) Kyodo economic news summary -6- - TOKYO
March 18 (20 :44) Mazda to recall 2,656 vehicles to fix defective emission filter - TOKYO
March 18 (20 :41) JAMA expects FY 2004 domestic auto sales to rise 0.9% to 5.9 mil. - TOKYO
March 18 (20 :14) Aisin AW to manufacture automatic transmissions in China - NAGOYA
March 18 (20 :12) Mitsubishi Fuso to begin recall middle of next week: official - TOKYO
March 18 (19 :54) Tokyo Motor Show to feature welfare vehicles Nov. 2-7 - TOKYO
March 18 (19 :25) Gov't to gradually scrap tax breaks for Japan Post - TOKYO
March 18 (19 :12) Tokyu Parking Systems urged to stop alleged illegal practice - TOKYO
March 18 (19 :11) Private testing, gov't OK needed to end beef import ban - TOKYO
March 18 (19 :09) Matsushita to sell part of condenser business to Nichicon - OSAKA
March 18 (18 :55) Japan's Feb. crude steel output grows 6.5% on year - TOKYO
March 18 (18 :49) Japan says still ready for forex action - TOKYO
March 18 (18 :37) Kyodo economic news summary -5- - TOKYO
March 18 (18 :35) Prosecutors drop case against dozing bullet train driver - OKAYAMA
March 18 (18 :33) H.K. jobless rate edges down to 7.2% in Dec.-Feb. - HONG KONG
March 18 (18 :30) NEC, SMBC group set up venture to write banking computer software - TOKYO
March 18 (18 :25) Toshiba to pay 3 yen year-end dividend for fiscal 2003 - TOKYO
March 18 (18 :18) Average monthly wage in 2003 falls 0.2% to 302,100 yen - TOKYO
March 18 (18 :15) NEC to release 3 new cell phone models in China - TOKYO
March 18 (18 :12) Individual investors turn net stock buyers last week - TOKYO
March 18 (17 :38) Dollar plunges to 1-month low below 107 yen in Tokyo - TOKYO
March 18 (17 :15) Japan among nations named as possible site for spaceport - NEW YORK
March 18 (17 :12) China to spend billions on training people to find jobs - BEIJING
March 18 (17 :04) Kyodo economic news summary -4- - TOKYO
March 18 (17 :03) Limited ratings impact seen on planned MTFG-Acom alliance: S&P - TOKYO
March 18 (16 :55) Main news advisory at 5 p.m. - TOKYO
March 18 (16 :45) Cash bonds, futures prices dip after rises in Tokyo stocks - TOKYO
March 18 (16 :29) Ito-Yokado group firms hold initiation ceremony for new hires - TOKYO
March 18 (16 :24) Moody's raises Showa Denko's rating outlook to stable - TOKYO

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