NIKKEI BP

"NikkeiBP BizBoard" to Provide Online Informational Service to Companies

Tokyo -- October 1, 2002 -- Nikkei Business Publications has launched today an online informational service to companies by integrating a wide array of premium contents. Dubbed as "NikkeiBP BizBoard" (http://bizboard.nikkeibp.co.jp/), the new online service provides news and information mainly from NikkeiBP's vast informational platform. Users will gain access to contents of NikkeiBP's 29 magazine titles including Nikkei Business, Nikkei Computer, Nikkei Electronics and Nikkei Biotechnology & Business; websites including BizTech and IT Pro; research and marketing data from Nikkei Market Access; and other useful information including online dictionaries on IT-words and dozens of press releases of blue-chip companies. The service aims to provide powerful resources to help companies make better decisions in business.

The integration of content from print and online provides service users with an unparalleled selection of business and market information online. From the abundant information, users can pull out articles as well as information on trade shows and stock prices to follow indexes. Furthermore, the service can send and update customized information every 30 minutes to the preference of users once they select keywords of their interest, thereby making the top page of the online site unique to each user company.

The service on offer is on an annual contract basis for companies wishing to establish a scheme in which their employees can share up-to-the-minute and powerful information online. Companies can opt from a line up of four package plans whose service rates vary depending on the number of times users can download information. Package with minimum service is offered at a monthly rate of 100,000 yen. The informational service is offered in the Japanese language only.

For further details, please contact:
International Office
phone: +813-5210-8502
fax: +813-5210-8119
http://www.nikkeibp.com
e-mail: info@nikkeibp.com

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and business performance. Those forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and the company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other factors, general business and economic conditions, rapid or unexpected changes in technologies, cancellation or delay of customer orders.

About NikkeiBP

Nikkei Business Publications is part of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun group, the world's largest group of companies providing mainly business and financial information for most Japan's decision makers. Covering a wide variety of specialized areas including business, computer, electronics, construction, services and medicine, Nikkei Business Publications is the number one business publisher in Japan. As of December 7, we publish 39 magazines and 3 newsletters, reaching a combined total readership of over 2.3 million.

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