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                                                                     Exhibit 1.2

                                 (Translation)


                           SHARE HANDLING REGULATIONS

CHAPTER I  GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1  (Purpose)

   These Regulations provide denominations of share certificates and
   handling and fees concerning shares and fractional unit shares of the Company
   pursuant to Article 10 of the Articles of Incorporation; provided, however,
   that the handling with respect to the beneficial shareholders shall be
   governed by the provisions prescribed by Japan Securities Depository Center
   (hereinafter referred to as the "JASDEC") in addition to these Regulations.

Article 2      (Transfer Agent)

   The transfer agent of the Company, its handling office and liaison offices
   shall be as follows:

   (1)      Transfer Agent:    The Toyo Trust and Banking Co., Limited
                               4-3, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

   (2)      Handling Office:   The Toyo Trust and Banking Co., Limited
                               Stock Transfer Agency Division
                               4-3 Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

   (3)      Liaison offices:   Each and every branch office in Japan of The Toyo
                               Trust and Banking Co., Limited

Article 3  (Denominations of Share Certificates)

   All the share certificates to be issued by the Company shall be in two (2)
   denominations of five hundred (500) and five thousand (5,000).

Article 4  (Procedures of Application, Notice or Request, etc.)

   Application, notice or request, etc. with respect to the matters relating to
   the shares of the Company shall be brought to the transfer agent.

Article 5  (Form of Application, Notice or Request)

   1.    Application, notice or request under the preceding Article shall be
         made in such form prescribed by the Company which shall bear the seal
         impression notified

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         pursuant to Article 14.

   2.    When any application, notice or request hereunder is made by a proxy,
         such proxy shall submit a power of attorney.

CHAPTER II  REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER

Article 6  (Registration of Transfer)

   1.    In order to apply for registration of transfer of shares, a written
         application shall be submitted together with the share certificates
         concerned to the transfer agent.

   2.    Registration of transfer of fractional unit shares shall not be made
         unless the transferee is a shareholder recorded in the register of
         shareholders.

   3.    In order to apply for registration of transfer of shares obtained due
         to any cause other than an assignment, a document evidencing such
         transfer shall be submitted upon request by the Company.

   4.    When it is possible to consolidate fractional unit shares submitted for
         registration of stock transfer into a full unit, such consolidation
         shall take place unless otherwise directed by the person applied for
         such registration of stock transfer.

Article 7  (Registration of Transfer of Shares Where Special Procedures are
           Required by Laws and Ordinances)

   In order to apply for registration of transfer of shares which require
   special procedures under laws and ordinances, a written application shall be
   submitted together with the share certificates concerned as well as a
   document evidencing completion of such special procedures.

CHAPTER III  REGISTER OF BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS

Article 8  (Entry into Register of Beneficial Shareholders)

   The entry into the register of beneficial shareholders shall be made pursuant
   to the notice regarding the beneficial shareholders given by the JASDEC and
   the beneficial shareholders' card prescribed by the JASDEC.

Article 9  (Collective Names of Shareholders)

   If a shareholder entered in the register of shareholders is determined to be
   the same person as a beneficial shareholder entered in the register of
   beneficial shareholders, the number of shares in the register of shareholders
   and that in the register of beneficial shareholders shall be aggregated.

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CHAPTER IV  PLEDGE AND TRUST PROPERTY

Article 10  (Registration or Cancellation of Pledge)

   In order to request for registration, alteration or cancellation of pledge
   with respect to shares, a written request jointly signed by the pledger and
   the pledgee shall be submitted together with the share certificates
   concerned; provided, however, that request for registration of pledge may not
   be made with respect to any shares less than one unit.

Article 11  (Indication or Cancellation of Trust Property)

   In order to request for indication or cancellation of trust property with
   respect to shares, the trustor or the trustee shall submit a written
   application together with the share certificates concerned.  Request for
   cancellation may also be made by a beneficiary; provided, however, that
   request for indication of trust property may not be made with respect to any
   shares less than one unit.

CHAPTER V  NON-POSSESSION OF SHARE CERTIFICATES

Article 12  (Request for Non-Possession of Share Certificates)

   When a shareholder requests non-possession of share certificates, a written
   application shall be submitted together with the share certificates
   concerned; provided, however, that submission thereof shall not be required
   if no share certificate has been issued.

Article 13  (Request for Issuance of Share Certificates Placed in Non-Possession
Status)

   When a shareholder who previously requested non-possession of share
   certificates subsequently requests for issuance or restitution of the share
   certificates, a written application shall be submitted; provided, however,
   that if the Company determined to treat the share certificates applied for
   non-possession status under non-issuable status, the shareholder cannot
   request for issuance of certificates of shares less than one unit.

CHAPTER VI  NOTIFICATION

Article 14  (Notification of Address, Name and Seal Impression by Shareholders,
            Beneficial Shareholders, etc.)

   1.       Shareholders, beneficial shareholders and registered pledgees or
            their legal representatives shall notify their addresses, names and
            seal impressions; provided, however, that foreign individuals may
            substitute their signature for seal impressions.

   2.       Any change in the matters notified under the preceding paragraph
            shall be

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            reported.

Article 15  (Notification by Shareholders, etc. Residing Abroad)

   1.       Shareholders, beneficial shareholders and registered pledgees or
            their legal representatives residing abroad shall, in addition to
            the procedures provided in the preceding Article, appoint their
            standing proxies or determine their mailing addresses to receive
            notice in Japan and notify the same.

   2.       The provisions of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis
            to standing proxies.

Article 16  (Representative of Juridical Person)

   1.       In case a shareholder or beneficial shareholder is a juridical
            person, one (1) representative shall be notified to the Company.

   2.       In case the representative is changed, a written notice shall be
            submitted together with a certified extract copy of the commercial
            register.

   3.       The provision of paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a
            shareholder or beneficial shareholder who is an organization without
            capacity to enjoy rights. The same shall apply when the
            representative is changed.

Article 17  (Representative of Joint Shareholders)

   Shareholders or beneficial shareholders who jointly own shares shall appoint
   one (1) representative among themselves and notify the same to the Company in
   a form jointly signed by all the joint shareholders.  The same shall apply
   when the representative is changed.

Article 18  (Change of Family Name, Given Name or Trade Name, etc.)

   In case of changes in the indications in the register of shareholders,
   register of beneficial shareholders or share certificates for any of the
   following reasons, a written application shall be submitted together with the
   share certificates concerned as well as a certified extract copy of the
   family register or the commercial register; provided, however, that
   submission of share certificates shall not be required if the share
   certificates have not been issued.

   (1)   Change of family name or given name;

   (2)   Appointment, change or dismissal of a person in parental authority, a
         guardian or any other legal representative;

   (3)   Change of trade name or corporate name; or

   (4)   Change in the organization of juridical person.

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Article 19  (Method of Notification by Beneficial Shareholders)

   In case a beneficial shareholder makes any notification provided for in this
   Chapter, such notification shall be given through a participant of the JASDEC
   (hereinafter referred to as the "Participant") except for notification of
   change of the registered seal impression.

CHAPTER VII  REISSUE OF SHARE CERTIFICATES

Article 20  (Reissue due to Subdivision or Consolidation)

   In order to request for issuance of new share certificates because of
   subdivision or consolidation of share certificates, a written application
   shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned.

Article 21  (Reissue due to Loss)

   In order to request for reissue of new share certificates because of loss of
   share certificates, a written application shall be submitted together with a
   certified transcript or certified extract copy of the judgment of
   nullification thereof.

Article 22  (Reissue due to Mutilation or Destruction)

   In order to request for reissue of new share certificates because of
   mutilation or destruction of share certificates, a written application shall
   be submitted together with the share certificates concerned; provided,
   however, that the provision of the preceding Article shall apply when it is
   difficult to identify such share certificates.

CHAPTER VIII  PURCHASE OF SHARES LESS THAN ONE UNIT

Article 23  (Request for Purchase of Shares less than One Unit)

   1.    In order to request for purchase of fractional unit shares, a written
         application shall be submitted.

   2.    When a beneficial shareholder makes the above request, a written
         application shall be submitted through the Participant and the JASDEC.

Article 24  (Determination of Purchase Price)

   The purchase price of fractional unit shares shall be an amount equal to the
   sales price per share of the Company quoted by the Tokyo Stock Exchange on
   the day on which the application of request for purchase is delivered to the
   handling office or any of the liaison offices of the transfer agent set out
   in Article 2 (or, if the sales price is not available on such day or if such
   day is not an operating day of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, then the first sales
   price available thereafter.), multiplied by the number of

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   shares requested for purchase, less the handling fee provided for in Article
   26.

Article 25  (Payment of Purchase Price)

   1.    The Company shall pay the purchase price calculated pursuant to the
         preceding Article to the requesting person within six (6) business days
         starting from the day immediately following the day on which the
         purchase price is determined.

   2.    Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if purchase price reflects the
         right to receive dividends, stock split or the right to subscribe for
         new shares, the payment shall be made not later than the record date or
         the allotment date.

CHAPTER IX  HANDLING FEE

Article 26  (Handling Fee)

   The handling fees receivable by the Company in relation to the handling of
   shares shall be as follows:

   The handling fees in case of purchase by the Company of fractional unit
   shares under Article 23 are free.

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

1.  Amendment to these Regulations shall be made by resolution of the Board of
    Directors.

2.  These Regulations shall become effective as of August 17, 2000.

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