AsiaBondPortal.com
(ENG, JPN)
This site is best used by professionals within Bond and Fixed Income transactions, especially emerging markets. It went live in 2000 and has multi-lingual Asian language version plans. There are easy to use clear graphics for bond price research. The best feature is the searchable archive for subscribers. Free trials are very much worth while. There are 650 Asian issues in the database along with credit ratings, reports, graphs and prices. The main trading focus is with large market makers. There are several key member institutions currently including Daiwa SBCM, JP Morgan Chase, ABN-AMRO and Deutsche.

BondsinAsia.com
(ENG, JPN, KRN, CHN, THA)
This site is best used by professionals within Bond and Fixed Income transactions, especially emerging markets. It went live in 2000 and has multi-lingual Asian language version plans. There are plans for Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai language screens and chat. Failed credit checks will move to an electronic interaction not an automatic trade rejection. The platform can co-exist with Reuters, Tribco, and Bridge trading systems. There will be Asian currency domestic government and corporate bond issues with easy export of Excel worksheets. The main trading focus is with large market makers. The four key member institutions currently include Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and BRIDGE eMarkets.

Yensai.com
(ENG, JPN)
This site is best used by professionals within Bond and Fixed Income transactions, especially JGB (Japanese Government Bond) markets. It will go live in June 2001 and has bi-lingual English & Japanese language version plans. The platform will offer full trasaction flow from initial market information to final trading contact maximizing liquidity and transparency. The main trading focus is with large market makers. There are three key member institutions currently Daiwa SBCM, Nikko Salomon Smith Barney and Nomura. Later in 2001, Deutsche, Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Mizuho and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter are expected to join.

Securities.com
(ENG, CHN)
This site is for equity professionals covering emerging markets. This is a global site with strong Asia coverage. Equity information on markets in South Korea, China, Hong Kong, India, philipines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore is compiled very professionally. More than 4400 publications are data-mined for the most comprehensive database for a wide range of equity investments. There is a primary focus on English language information for Asian markets. Chinese is the only Asian language that is currently searchable.

FXall.com
(ENG)
This site is best used by professionals within treasury and FX transactions. It is going to go live in Q1, 2001 and is medium fast loading and has easy to use coloful graphics for finding key FX product buttons. The best feature is the liquity for large size trades. The main language is English with NO other versions in Japanese, Korean or Chinese yet. The main 7 banks behind this global site include JP Morgan Chase and HSBC

Currenex.com
(ENG)
This site is best used by professionals within treasury and FX transactions. It went live in Q3, 1999 and is fast loading with easy to use tasteful graphics for research. The best feature is the price information via Reuters and a high performance platform. The main language is English with NO other versions in Japanese, Korean or Chinese yet. The main market focus is on large global interbank trades. There are 25+ member banks at present including Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, CSFB and Barclays Capital.

Atriax.com
(ENG)
This site is best used by professionals within treasury and FX transactions. It is fast loading and has clear, easy to use market theme graphics for quick navigation. The best feature is the deep pool of participating banks which represent more than 40% of the entire world-wide market. The main language is English with NO other versions in Japanese, Korean or Chinese yet. The main market focus is on global interbank trades. The 100+ member banks include Deutsche, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, ABN Amro, Credit Agricole Indosuez, KBC and Mizuho Financial Group.

MatchbookFX.com
(ENG, JPN)
This site is best used by professionals and private individuals seeking smaller scale treasury and FX transactions. It has very easy to use coloful graphics for trading. The best feature is the great FX information for NON-US resident members( more than 70% of users at present). The main language is English with a new version in Japanese launched in Q2, 2000 with NO Korean or Chinese version yet. The main market focus is on international small and medium scale investors needing liquidity.

Bloomberg News
(ENG, JPN)
This group of different language sites features market info, business news for finance professionals. There are three Asia-Pacific sites focused on Asia and Australian/New Zealand in English, and well a Japanese language version for local users in Japan. Users can download news stories quickly and easily from an easy to navigate web design. The business news highlights are well categorized specific to each market. Bloomberg English radio and Bloomberg TV can be viewed via the web in a number of different languages.

Nikkei News
(ENG, JPN)
This group's web site is powered by the Japan's best known newspaper group, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. It has very detailed information about domestic Japanese insitutions and offers a 95% English web site translation of most of the content. It has a pleasant simple blue design with a well thought out layout. The English language service will often have news stories found no where else and is a must for Japan market watchers needing to maximize all quality news sources.

Bridge Telerate
(ENG, JPN)
This site offers European and North American news this is also well known in Financial services as Telerate. The content is well presented in a professional format, easy to understand and easy to navigate. The English business site's top page has a Japanese link that is still under contruction with no set launch date.

Quick News
(JPN)
Quick corporation is a well established Japanese news service with very deep financial resource information. This site reflects the long term track record of their core news know how influence to its expanded web site service. The design features colorful charts & graphs for researchers that users can navigate very easily within a short time.

Reuter News Services
(ENG, JPN)
This financial and business market information site from around the world can be downloaded with pictures in a speedy format. These give high impact visuals for business news and economic news sections currently in English only. This group of sites has both a Japanese language version for the domestic market in Japan and a Australia/New Zealnd version that is more focused on the Asia-Pacific region.

Securities Dealing
(JPN)
Ushi-san & Kuma-san ( The Bull & Bear) feature debt reports about bond markets everyday 3 times a day and pass on topical comments about them. This is presented in an easy to understand conversational style Japanese. The updates loaded three times a day, enable visitors to catch up with quick moving financial debt market swings. Yours-san and Mine-kun have similar reports about foreign exchange markets.

Utaemon Homepage
(JPN,ENG & CHN news sections)
This site gives you information about the economy, stocks, foreign exchange and interest rates in both Japan and the U.S. Their original charts and graphs are very useful for understanding financial market visual moves. English and Chinese versions are added in the news section.

Securities Information Center JISI
(JPN)
This site is more aimed at entry level finance professionals and retail investors who want to learn about financial basics. It is a worth while introduction to coverage of equity investments, security investments, bond investments from a zero level starting point. This site introduces knowledge of both key financial structures and terms.

Securitization.net
(ENG)
This site is globally focused for the investment banking community with strong coverage of both Asian and Australian markets. It is a large site that loads slowly for top quality information. Although only in English, there is a lot of content on Japan especially. A country specific selection is possble forthe region. Deep deal information is easily found despite the large data base pool. There are strong conference, publication, software and bulletin board listings. Market professional contributors include FITCH, McKinsey and Standard & Poors.