KWR International, Inc. and Morgen, Evan & Co., Inc. announced today that NTT DoCoMo USA President & CEO Nobuharu Ono and Richard Katz, Author and Senior Editor of Toyo Keizai's Oriental Economist Report will deliver keynote addresses at the upcoming Japan Small Company Investment Conference on March 12, 2002 in New York City.

Information on presenting companies, a program agenda and registration information can be accessed at http://www.JSCIconference.com or by contacting JSCIconference@kwrintl.com.

This conference will be held without charge at the McGraw Hill Conference Facility, located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas (49th Street Entrance) in New York City. Registration will begin at 8:00 AM and the event will conclude at 5:00 PM, followed by a cocktail reception. Participation will be offered on a space available basis, and advance registration is advised.

The Japan Small Company Investment Conference will provide a forum in which promising Japanese companies can meet with financial and corporate investors in order that they might access the capital and business relationships needed to maximize their potential and profitability. It will also familiarize participants with a hands-on view of the many changes in Japan's investment environment as well as the issues that should be kept in mind when attempting to enter into an investment transaction with a Japanese firm.

Presenting companies include ACT LSI, Inc., ADOS Co., Ltd., ARIES, Inc., FOI Corporation, inSeason, Inc., Knowledge Automation, Inc., PI R&D Corporation Limited and ThanksNature Inc.

The Japan Small Company Investment Conference is sponsored by Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. Media partners include The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly Edition, Asia Times Online, Asia Today International, Buyside, The Daily Deal, J@pan Inc, Japan Technology Alert, KWR International Advisor, Silicon Alley Station, Site-by-Site and vFinance.com.

"Economic change in Japan today has led to the emergence of exciting technological and social trends as well as new business models" noted Nobuharu Ono, President of NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc. "In NTT DoCoMo's case this includes the birth of i-mode mobile messaging service, which has revolutionized Japan's telecommunications market and provided a profitable business application that we are now introducing outside Japan."

"The U.S. economic miracle of the 1990s was largely driven by the extraordinary growth of the small business sector and we will need to see a similar shift toward small business development in Japan," commented author and journalist Richard Katz, Senior Editor of Toyo Keizai's Oriental Economist Report. "The regulatory infrastructure is largely in place and accompanied by Japan's increasing openness to foreign direct investment, which has increased over 350% over the last four years. This is leading to many potentially interesting opportunities for U.S. corporate and portfolio investors."