(JSCI) Over 200 Participants Attend First Japan Small Company Investment Conference in New York

NEW YORK -- Mar. 19, 2002 -- Over 200 investors, venture capitalists, corporate and technology executives, analysts, government officials, journalists and other targeted individuals met with eight promising Japanese companies in New York on March 12, 2002 to explore mutually beneficial investment and business transactions and partnerships at the first Japan Small Company Investment Conference.

To review speeches, a photo album of the conference proceedings and real audio recordings of speaker presentations including keynotes by NTT DoCoMo USA President & CEO Nobuharu Ono and Peter Ennis, Editor-in-Chief of Toyo Keizai's Oriental Economist Report and other individuals, please visit: http://www.JSCIconference.com or contact JSCIconference@kwrintl.com.

The Japan Small Company Investment Conference was designed to provide a forum in which promising Japanese companies could meet with financial and corporate investors to access the capital and business relationships needed to maximize their potential and profitability. The conference also sought to provide participants with a hands-on view of the many changes in Japan's investment environment as well as the issues they should keep in mind when attempting to enter into investment transactions with Japanese firms.

Presenting companies included ACT LSI, Inc., ADOS Co., Ltd., ARIES, Inc., FOI Corporation, inSeason, Inc., Knowledge Automation, Inc., PIR&D Corporation Limited and ThanksNature Inc. The Japan Small Company Investment Conference was sponsored by Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Media partners included 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, Venture Reporter and vFinance.com.

"After years of careful planning, we would like to thank all the participants, presenting companies, sponsors and media partners and our co-organizer, Morgen Evan, for helping to transform this concept into reality," stated Keith W. Rabin, President, KWR International, Inc. "This initial effort can be seen as a great success. The feedback has been quite positive and we look forward to following-up to help promote investments into, and business relationships with, the Japanese companies that presented at this event."

"Morgen, Evan & Company would like to thank all of the participants and sponsors for joining us at this conference and making it such a great success. Attendance was far beyond anyone's expectation!" commented Mark J. Lerner, Managing Partner, Morgen, Evan and Company. "Our Japanese presenting companies, panels and keynote speakers, combined with an active and busy auditorium and exhibit room, enabled every participant to maximize their time and leave with a heightened knowledge and awareness about investment opportunities in Japan."

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Keith W. Rabin
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