JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 27, 2007.

TOKYO, April 27 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:

NIKKEI NET:

- Citigroup Inc. has successfully completed its tender offer for Nikko Cordial Corp. (TSE:8603), with enough shareholders responding to give the U.S. banking giant the more than 50 per cent of the brokerage's shares needed for the deal to go through, The Nikkei learned Thursday.

- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Thursday that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ken Kutaragi, who oversaw the creation of the PlayStation game console, will resign effective June 19 and become honorary chairman.

DAILY YOMIURI:

- A memorial ceremony for the victims of the 2005 fatal JR Fukuchiyama Line derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, was held Wednesday on the second anniversary of the accident that killed 107 people and injured 562 others.

- Doctors specializing in anticancer treatment or radiation therapy were lacking at more than 30 per cent of key regional hospitals for cancer treatment and palliative care, according to a survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun.

- The government has formulated guidelines on measures that companies should take to cut relations with antisocial bodies, including organized crime syndicates.

- Labor unions and nonprofit organization members conducted a survey Tuesday night on the increasing number of young people who stay overnight at Internet or manga cafes.

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