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WORLD BOXING COUNCIL
2003 CONVENTION RATINGS

1. Vitaly Klitschko (Ukraine)

2. Corrie Sanders (South Africa)

3. David Tua (New Zealand)

4. Joe Mesi (US)

5. Mike Tyson (US)

6. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba)

7. Fres Oquendo (US)

8. Kirk Johnson (Canada)

9. Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

10. Lamon Brewster (US)

11. Hasim Rahman (US)

12. John Ruiz (P. Rico)

13. Faruq Saleem (US)

14. Oliver McCall (US)

15. Eliecer Castillo (Cuba) NABF

16. Jamel McCline (US)

17. Sinan Samil San (Turkey) EBU

18. Dominick Guinn (US)

19. Henry Akinwande (Nigeria)

20. Lance Whitaker (US)

21. Danny Williams (GB) COMM

22. Evander Holyfield (US)

23. Jeremy Williams (US

24. Luan Krasniqi (Gerrmany)

25. Dennis Bakhtov (Rusia) INTL

26. Saul Montana (Mexico) AMERICA

27. Samuel Peter (Nigeria) YOUTH

28. Marcelo Dominguez (Argentina)

29. Peter Okhello (Uganda) OPBF

30. Friday Ahunanya (Nigeria)

CRUISERWEIGHT
CHAMPION: WAYNE BRAITHWAITE (GUYANA)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Alexander Petkovic (Germany)

1. O'Neil Bell (US) NABF

2. Vassily Jirov (Kazakhstan)

3. Vincenzo Cantatore (Italy)

4. Pietro Aurino (Italy) EBU

5. Luis Andres Pineda (Panama)

6. Alexander Petkovic (Germany) INTL

7. Rudiger May (Germany)

8. Dale Brown (Canada)

9. Rydell Booker (US) YOUTH

10. Pavel Melkomian (Russia)

11. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland)

12. Sebastian Rothman (South Africa)

13. Glenn Kelly (Australia) OPBF

14. Virgil Hill (US)

15. Kelvin Davis (US)

16. Rich Lamontagne (US)

17. Alexander Gurov (Ukraine)

18. Louis Azille (Dom R.)

19. Daniel Rowsell (Australia)

20. Fabrice Tiozzo (France)

21. Ezra Sellars (US)

22. Thomas Hansvoll (Norway)

23. Michael Simms (US)

24. Mark Hobson (GB) COMM

25. Vincenzo Rossitto (Italy)

26. Carlos Cruzat (Chile)

27. Felix Cora (US)

28. Valery Brudov (Russia)

29. Jorge Kahwagi (Mexico)

30. Madjid Zaim (France)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION: ROY JONES (US)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Thomas Ulrich (Germany)

1. Antonio Tarver (US)

2. Paul Briggs (Australia) OPBF

3. Stipe Drews (Croatia) EBU

4. Dariusz Michalczewski (Pol-Ger)

5. Thomas Ulrich (Germany) INTL

6. Tomasz Adamek (Poland)

7. Elvir Muriqi (Albania)

8. Montell Griffin (US)

9. George Jones (US)

10. Jesus Ruiz (Mexico)

11. Eric Harding (US)

12. Kamel Amrane (France)

13. Alejandro Lakatus (Romania)

14. Laudelino Barros (Brazil)

15. Donnell Wiggins (US) AMERICA/NABF

16. Glencoffe Johnson (US)

17. Zsolt Erdei (Hungary)

18. Matthew Barney (GB)

19. Darren Corbett (N. Ireland)

20. Mehdi Sahnoune (France)

21. Tony Oakey (GB)

22. Derrick Harmon (US)

23. Robert Stieglitz (Germany)

24. Michael Rush (US)

25. Richard Hall (Jamaica)

26. Hugo Garay (Argentina)

27. Olando Rivera (P. Rico)

28. Elvis Michailenko (Latvia)

29. Earl Morais (South Africa)

30. Manny Siaca (Puerto Rico)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
CHAMPION: MARKUS BEYER (GERMANY)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark)

1. Eric Lucas (Canada)

2. Mikkel Kessler (Denmark) INTL

3. Mads Larsen (Denmark) EBU

4. Danny Green (Australia)

5. Danilo Haussler (Germany)

6. Charles Brewer (US)

7. Yoshinori Nishizawa (Japan)

8. Jeff Lacy (US) AMERICA

9. Tito Mendoza (Panama) LATINO

10. Syd Vanderpool (Canada)

11. Brian Magee (GB)

12. Scott Pemberton (US) NABF

13. Antwun Echols (US)

14. Robin Reid (GB)

15. Andre Thysse (South Africa)

16. Kabary Salem (Egypt)

17. Rudy Markussen (Denmark)

18. Henry Porras (Costa Rica) FECARBOX

19. Mario Veit (Germany)

20. Jean Paul Mendy (France)

21. Victor Oganov (Russia)

22. Enrique Ornelas (US)

23. Glenn Catley (GB)

24. Willie Stewart (US)

25. Librado Andrade (US)

26. Oscar Bravo (US)

27. Carmine Tuffano (US)

28. Charles Adamu (Ghana) ABU/COMM

29. Vitaly Tsypko (Ukraine)

30. Jackson Chanet (France)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
CHAMPION: BERNARD HOPKINS (US)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Sergey Tatevosyan (Russia)

1. Howard Eastman (GB) EBU

2. Cristian Sanavia (Italy)

3. Kuvanych Toygonbayev (Uzbekistan)

4. Jermain Taylor (US) AMERICA

5. Eric Mitchell (US)

6. Evans Ashira (Kenya)

7. Sergey Tatevosyan (Russia) INTL

8. Kingsley Ikeke (Nigeria) NABF

9. Sam Soliman (Australia) OPBF

10. Wayne Alexander (GB)

11. Raymond Joval (Holland)

12. Robert Allen (US)

13. Quentin Smith (US)

14. Epifanio Mendoza (Colombia)

15. Jorge Sendra (Spain) ABMH

16. Nader Hamden (Australia)

17. Bert Schenk (Germany)

18. Tokumbo Olajide (Canada)

19. Mariano Carrera (Argentina)

20. Kelly Pavlik (US)

21. Morrade Hakkar (France)

22. Yoshinori Araki (Japan)

23. Hassine Cherifi (France)

24. Chad Dawson (US) YOUTH

25. Jerry Elliott (Nigeria)

26. Tokutaro Toyozumi (Japan)

27. Jesse Brinkley (US)

28. Anthony Bonsante (US)

29. James Obedi Toney (Ghana) ABU

30. Troy Rowland (US)

SUPER WELTERWEIGHT
CHAMPION: SHANE MOSLEY (US)
INTERIM CHAMPION: FRANCISCO J. CASTILLEJO (SPAIN)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Marco Antonio Rubio (Mexico)

1. Oscar De La Hoya (US-Mex)

2. Fernando Vargas (US)

3. Roman Karmazin (Russia) EBU

4. Kassim Ouma (US)

5. Alex Bunema (Congo)

6. Juan Carlos Candelo (Colombia) NABF

7. Sergio Martinez (Argentina)

8. Sergei Dzindziruk (Ukraine)

9. Kofi Jantuah (Ghana)

10. Christophe Canclaux (France)

11. Raul Marquez (US)

12. Marco Antonio Rubio (Mexico) INTL

13. Murdod Takalobigashi (GB)

14. Toshiharu Kaneyama (Japan) OPBF

15. Aslan Kodzoev (Russia)

16. Jamie Moore (GB) COMM/BBB C

17. Fitz Vanderpool (Trinidad & Tobago) CABOFE

18. Akira Ohigashi (Japan)

19. Mihaly Kotai (Hungary)

20. Verno Philips (US)

21. Mikael Rask (Denmark)

22. Rodney Jones (US)

23. Julio Garcia (Cuba)

24. Angel Hernandez (Mexico)

25. Roshii Wells (US)

26. Nobuhiro Hishida (Japan)

27. Richard Williams (GB)

28. Carlos Bojorquez (US)

29. Joachim Alcine (Canada)

30. Guillermo Saputo (Argentina)

WELTERWEIGHT
CHAMPION: RICARDO MAYORGA (NICARAGUA)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Alpaslam Aguzum (Turkey)

1. Thomas Damgaard (Denmark)

2. Vernon Forrest (US)

3. Carlos Baldomir (Argentina)

4. Manuel Gomez (Mexico)

5. Jose Luis Cruz (Mexico)

6. Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico)

7. Teddy Reid (US) NABF

8. Rafael Pineda (Colombia)

9. Hiroshi Watanabe (Japan) OPBF

10. Alpaslam Aguzum (Turkey) INTL

11. Jawaid Khaliq (GB)

12. Michel Trabant (Germany)

13. Frederic Klose (France) EBU

14. Michele Piccirillo (Italy)

15. Christian Bladt (Denmark)

16. Ishe Smith (US)

17. Jorge Sebastian Lujan (Argentina)

18. Hercules Kyvelos (Canada)

19. Rev Santillan (Phil)

20. Joseph Makaringe (South Africa)

21. Ernesto Carmona (Mexico) FECARBOX

22. James Hare (GB) COMM

23. Kermit Cintron (US)

24. Yuri Tsybenko (Russia) YOUTH

25. Michael Santos (Mexico)

26. Joel Julio (Colombia) LATINO

27. Farkhad Bakirov (Uzbekistan)

28. Michele Orlando (Italy)

29. Chris Smith (US)

30. Christopher Henry (Barbados) CABOFE

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT
EMERITUS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD: KONSTANTIN TSZYU (AUSTRALIA)
CHAMPION: VACANT
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Miguel Angel Cotto (P. Rico)

1. Gianluca Branco (Italy)

2. Arturo Gatti (Canada)

3. Richard Hatton (GB)

4. Oktay Urkal (Germany) EBU

5. Sharmba Mitchell (US)

6. Miguel Angel Cotto (P. Rico) INTL

7. Masakazu Satake (Japan) OPBF

8. James Leija (US)

9. Jason Cook (GB)

10. Francisco Bojado (Mexico)

11. Junior Witter (GB)COMM

12. Omar Weis (Argentina)

13. Wilfredo Vilchez (Argentina)

14. Terrance Cauthen (US) NABF

15. Juan Valenzuela (Mexico)

16. Kelson Pinto (Brazil)

17. Carlos Maussa (Colombia) LATINO

18. DeMarcus Corley (US)

19. Hector Camacho Jr. (US)

20. Victor Kpadenue (Ghana) ABU

21. Eamonn Magee (GB)

22. Cesar Bazan (Mexico)

23. Michael Stewart (US)

24. Juan Carlos Rodriguez (Mexico)

25. Alex Trujillo (P. Rico)

26. Eduardo Gomez (Mexico) CABOFE

27. Mohammed Abdullaev (Uzbekistan)

28. Mikhail Krivolapov (Russia)

29. Alvaro Aguilar (Mexico)

30. Carlos Mairena (Nicaragua) LogIT PRO (www.logitpro.com)

LIGHTWEIGHT
CHAMPION: FLOYD MAYWEATHER (US)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Michele Delli Paoli (Italy)

1. Juan Lazcano (US)

2. Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico)

3. Kengo Nagashima (Japan)

4. Juan Diaz (Mexico) YOUTH

5. Phillip Ndou (South Africa)

6. Steve Johnston (US)

7. Julio Cesar Diaz (US) LATINO

8. Victoriano Damian Sosa (Dom. R)

9. Julien Lorcy (France)

10. Yuri Romanov (Ukraine)

11. Matt Zegan (Poland)

12. Michael Clark (US) NABF

13. Dennis Laurente (Phil) OPBF

14. Stefano Zoff (Italy) EBU

15. Aldo Rios (Argentina) FESUBOX

16. Michele Delli Paoli (Italy) INTL

17. David Burke (GB) COMM

18. Javier Jauregui (Mexico)

19. Lamar Murphy (US)

20. Cristian Bejarano (Mexico)

21. Graham Earl (GB)

22. Billy Irwin (Canada)

23. Antonio Pitalua (Colombia)

24. Ricardo Silva (Argentina)

25. Eleazar Contreras (US) AMERICA

26. Courtney Burton (US)

27. Ameth Diaz (Panama)

28. Steve Quiñonez (US)

29. Juan Gomez Trinidad (P. Rico)

30. Rolando Reyes (US)

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT
CHAMPION: JESUS CHAVEZ (MEXICO)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Mzonke Fana (South Africa)

1. Mzonke Fana (South Africa) INTL

2. Randy Suico (Phil) OPBF

3. Joel Casamayor (Cuba)

4. Sirimongkol Singmanassuk (Thailand)

5. Boris Sinitsin (Russia) EBU

6. Zahir Raheem (US)

7. Mike Anchondo (US) YOUTH

8. Jorge Barrios (Argentina)

9. Nobuto Honmo (Japan)

10. Ryuhei Sugita (Japan)

11. Diego Corrales (US)

12. Janos Nagy (Hungary)

13. Julio Pablo Chacon (Argentina)

14. Fernando Trejo (Mexico)

15. Justin Juuko (Uganda)

16. Goyo Vargas (Mexico)

17. Nate Campbell (US)

18. Robbie Peden (Australia)

19. Orlando Salido (Mexico)

20. Manuel Bocanegra (Mexico)

21. Steve Luevano (US)

22. Michael Gomez (GB) BBB C

23. Jose Cotto (Puerto Rico)

24. Cesar Soriano (Mexico)

25. Miguel Angel Huerta (Mexico)

26. Craig Docherty (GB) COMM

27. Alex Arthur (GB)

28. Daniel Attah (Nigeria)

29. Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria)

30. Daniel Dominguez (Mexico) AMERICA

FEATHERWEIGHT
EMERITUS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD: ERIK MORALES (MEXICO)
CHAMPION: VACANT
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant

1. Injin Chi (Korea)

2. Michael Brodie (GB)

3. Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico)

4. Takashi Koshimoto (Japan) OPBF

5. Rocky Juarez (US)

6. Cyril Thomas (France) EBU

7. William Abelyan (US)

8. Spend Abazi (Denmark)

9. Humberto Soto (Mexico)

10. Hector Velazquez (Mexico)

11. Guty Espadas (Mexico)

12. Juan Carlos Ramirez (Mexico) NABF

13. Luis Fuente (Mexico)

14. Osamu Sato (Japan)

15. Valdemir Pereira (Brazil)

16. Whyber Garcia (Panama) LATINO

17. Derrick Gainer (US)

18. Takalani Ndlovu (South Africa) ABU

19. Jorge Solis (Mexico)

20. Nicky Cook (GB) COMM

21. Manuel Calvo (Spain)

22. Scott Harrison (GB)

23. Vuyani Bungu (South Africa)

24. Juan Gerardo Cabrera (Argentina)

25. Wayne McCullough (Ireland)

26. Ismael Gonzalez (Mexico) FECARBOX

27. Fernando Velardez (Mexico)

28. Dainoshin Kuma (Japan)

29. Eiichi Sugama (Japan)

30. Carlos Gamez (Mexico) ABMH

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT
CHAMPION: OSCAR LARIOS (MEXICO)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: N. Kiattisakchocchoi (Thai)

1. Napopol Kiattisakchocchoi (Thai) INTL

2. Nadel Hussein (Australia)

3. Israel Vazquez (Mexico)

4. Shigeru Nakazato (Japan)

5. Akihiro Kanai (Japan)

6. Jose Rojas (Venezuela)

7. Daniel Ponce (Mexico)

8. Yoshikane Nakajima (Japan)

9. Jimrex Jaca (Phil)

10. Willie Jorrin (US)

11. Paulie Ayala (US)

12. Jose Luis Valbuena (Venezuela)

13. David Donis (US) NABF

14. Salim Medjkoune (France)

15. Jorge Linares (Venezuela)

16. Hector Julio Avila (Dom. R) LATINO

17. Manabu Fukushima (Japan)

18. Kozo Ishii (Japan)

19. Art Simonyan (US)

20. Masakazu Sugawara (Japan)

21. Junichi Watanabe (Japan)

22. Marcos Licona (Mexico)

23. Pedrito Laurente (Phil) OPBF

24. Esham Pickering (GB) COMM

25. Masanori Sugita (Japan)

26. Eduardo Garcia (Mexico)

27. Miguel Mallon (Spain)

28. Sergio Medina (Argentina)

29. Celestino Caballero (Panama)

30. Fernando Beltran Jr. (Mexico)

BANTAMWEIGHT
CHAMPION: VEERAPHOL NAKHONLUANG (THAILAND)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vusi Malinga (South Africa)

1. Toshiaki Nishioka (Japan)

2. Diego Morales (Mexico)

3. Genaro Garcia (Mexico) FECARBOX

4. Hozumi Hasegawa (Japan) OPBF

5. Ricardo Vargas (Mexico) NABF

6. Julio Zarate (Mexico)

7. Johnny Gonzalez (Mexico) AMERICA

8. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan)

9. Mauricio Martinez (Panama)

10. Vusi Malinga (South Africa) INTL

11. David Guerault (France) EBU

12. Noel Wilders (GB)

13. Tim Austin (US)

14. Julio Cesar Avila (Mexico)

15. Heriberto Ruiz (Mexico)

16. Peter Frissina (US)

17. Moises Castro (Nicaragua)

18. Steve Molitor (Canada) COMM

19. Jorge Lacierva (Mexico)

20. Saenghiran Lookbanyai (Thai) ABCO

21. Seungsok Chae (Korea)

22. Hugo Dianzo (Mexico)

23. Miguel Angel Munguia (Mexico)

24. Sasha Baktin (Russia)

25. Wladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine)

26. Akihiko Nago (Japan)

27. Rogelio Galicia (Phil)

28. Nathan Sting (Australia)

29. Silence Mabuza (South Africa)

30. Roger Gonzalez (Mexico)

SUPER FLYWEIGHT
CHAMPION: MASAMORI TOKUYAMA (JAPAN)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Malcolm Tunacao (Phil)

1. Dimitri Kirilov (Russia)

2. Reynaldo Hurtado (Colombia)

3. Luis Bolano (Colombia)

4. Malcolm Tunacao (Phil) INTL

5. Medgoen Singsurat (Thai)

6. Hideyasu Ishihara (Japan)

7. Jose Navarro (US) AMERICA

8. Fernando Montiel (Mexico)

9. Martin Castillo (Mexico)

10. Peter Culshaw (GB)

11. Katsushige Kawashima (Japan)

12. Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia)

13. Eiji Kojima (Japan) OPBF

14. Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand)

15. Masaki Kawabata (Japan)

16. Ricardo Cordoba (Panama) LATINO

17. Felix Machado (Venezuela)

18. Oscar Andrade (Mexico)

19. Sergio Perez (Mexico)

20. Ivan Hernandez (Mexico)

21. Jose Angel Beranza (Mexico)

22. San Sor Ploenjit (Thai)

23. Cyril Bellanger (France)

24. Shin Ogata (Japan)

25. Karim Quibir (Spain)

26. Jason Booth (GB)

27. Cuauhtemoc Vargas (Mexico)

28. Sergio Santillan (Argentina)

29. Neddy Garcia (US) NABF

30. Alex Becerra (US)

FLYWEIGHT
CHAMPION: PONGSAKLEK WONJONGKAM (THAILAND)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Diosdado Gabi (Phil)

1. Hussein Hussein (Australia)

2. Luis Maldonado (Mexico)

3. Takefumi Sakata (Japan)

4. Brian Viloria (US) YOUTH/NABF

5. Noriyuki Komatsu (Japan) OPBF

6. Tomas Rojas (Mexico)

7. Alexander Mahmutov (Russia)

8. Jair Jimenez (Colombia) AMERICA/LATINO

9. Hiroshi Nakano (Japan)

10. Lorenzo Parra (Venezuela)

11. Hidenobu Honda (Japan)

12. Vic Darchinian (Australia)

13. Brahim Asloum (France)

14. Koji Koyama (Japan)

15. Masaki Nakanuma (Japan)

16. Diosdado Gabi (Phil) INTL

17. Angel Priolo (Colombia)

18. Jose Lopez Bueno (Spain)

19. Daisuke Naito (Japan)

20. Damaen Kelly (GB)

21. Carlos Bouchan (Mexico) FECARBOX

22. Antonio E. Medina (Argentina)

23. Randy Mangubat (Phil)

24. Mimoun Chent (France)

25. Steffen Norskov (Denmark)

26. Yusuke Morishima (Japan)

27. Julio Ler (Argentina)

28. Gabriel Elizondo (US)

29. Wladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine)

30. Jose Araiza (Mexico)

LIGHT FLYWEIGHT
CHAMPION: JORGE ARCE (MEXICO)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Juanito Rubillar (Phil)

1. Juanito Rubillar (Phil) INTL

2. Eric Ortiz (Mexico) FECARBOX

3. Melchor Cob Castro (Mexico)

4. Yosam Choi (Korea)

5. Tatsuo Hayashida (Japan)

6. Roberto Vazquez (Panama) LATINO

7. Manuel Vargas (Mexico) AMERICA

8. Shingo Yamaguchi (Japan) OPBF

9. Masato Hatakeyama (Japan)

10. Jesus Martinez (Mexico) NABF

11. Ulises Solis (Mexico)

12. Marvin Tampos (Phil)

13. Joma Gamboa (Phil)

14. Omar Niño (Mexico)

15. Sarikalek O. Eakarin (Thai) YOUTH

16. Monelisi Myekeni (South Africa)

17. Jaewon Kim (Korea)

18. Hugo Cazares (Mexico)

19. Nerys Espinoza (Nicaragua)

20. Carlos Fajardo (Nicaragua)

21. Rafael Lozano (Spain)

22. Juan Centeno (Nicaragua)

23. Bert Batawang (Phil)

24. Wendyl Janiola (Phil)

25. Ernesto Castro (Nicaragua)

26. Bebis Mendoza (Colombia)

27. Jose Lopez (Puerto Rico)

28. Liborio Romero (Mexico)

29. Jun Kitano (Japan)

30. Angelo Dottin (Panama)

STRAWWEIGHT
CHAMPION: JOSE ANTONIO AGUIRRE (MEXICO)
WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Armand de la Cruz (Phil)

1. Isaac Bustos (Mexico) NABF

2. Heriberto Gijon (Phil)

3. Eagle Akakura (Japan)

4. Rodel Mayol (Phil)

5. Roberto Leyva (Mexico)

6. Genki Onaka (Japan) OPBF

7. Satoshi Kogumasaka (Japan)

8. Mohamed Rachman (Indonesia)

9. Juan Palacios (Nicaragua) FECARBOX

10. Sithembele Kibiti (South Africa)

11. Edgar Cardenas (Mexico)

12. Khulile Makeba (South Africa)

13. Noel Tunacao (Phil)

14. Oledong Sithsanerchai (Thai) YOUTH

15. Armand de la Cruz (Phil) INTL

16. Hiroyuki Abe (Japan)

17. Keitaro Hoshino (Japan)

18. Hiroshi Matsumoto (Japan)

19. Lorenzo Trejo (Mexico)

20. Omar Soto (Mexico) AMERICA

21. Chana Porpaoin (Thai)

22. Francisco Rosas (Mexico)

23. Sizwe Sinyabi (South Africa)

24. Namchai Ratanachaigym (Thailand)

25. Pornsawan Porpramook (Thailand)

26. Iwan Key (Indonesia)

27. Teruo Misawa (Japan)

28. Gerardo Verde (Mexico)

29. Juan Landaeta (Venezuela)

30. Makoto Suzuki (Japan)