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                                                                     Exhibit 1.2
(Translation)

                           SHARE HANDLING REGULATIONS

                          CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. (Purpose)

           Matters concerning kinds of share certificates and the handling of
shares and fractional shares of the Company shall be governed by these
Regulations pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the Articles of
Incorporation.

Article 2. (Transfer agent)

           The transfer agent (including fractional share register) of the
Company, its place of business and forwarding offices shall be as listed below:

           Transfer agent:
                     The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited
                     5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka
           Place of business:
                     Securities Handling Department
                     The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited
                     4-4, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
           Forwarding offices:

Head office and all branches throughout the country of The Sumitomo Trust and
Banking Company, Limited

Article 3. (Kinds of share certificates)

           The share certificates to be issued by the Company shall be in
denominations of one hundred (100), fifty (50), ten (10), five (5) and one (1)
share.

Article 4. (Requests, reports, applications and filings)

           1. All requests, reports, applications or filings pursuant to these
Regulations shall be made to the transfer agent, in the form prescribed by the
Company and shall bear seal impressions reported under article 15 hereof.
           2. In the event that the procedures set forth in the preceding
paragraph are made though a proxy, documents evidencing such proxy's authority
shall be submitted.
           3. In the event that consent by the curator or assistant is required
when the request, report, application or filing is made, documents evidencing
such parties' consent shall be submitted.

Article 5. (Documentary evidence or guarantor)
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           The Company may require the submission of documentary evidence or
require a guarantor to make a guarantee in the case of requests, reports,
applications, filings or receipt in respect of the share certificates, or in the
event the Company deems it necessary.

                         CHAPTER II. TRANSFER OF SHARES

Article 6. (Transfer of shares)

           1. An application for the transfer of shares shall be made by
submission of an application therefor together with the share certificates.
           2. In the event that a person who acquired shares by any reason other
than assignment makes an application for the transfer of shares, he shall, in
addition to the procedure set forth in the preceding paragraph, submit documents
evidencing the causes for such acquisition.

Article 7. (Transfer of shares pursuant to other procedures prescribed by laws)

           In the event that the transfer of shares requires any procedures as
statutorily prescribed, the application therefore shall be accompanied by the
relevant share certificates and the documents evidencing completion of such
procedures.

               CHAPTER III. REGISTRATION OF PLEDGE AND TRUST ASSET

Article 8. (Registration or deregistration of pledge)

           To request registration or deregistration of pledge with respect to
shares, an application jointly signed by the pledgor and and pledgee shall be
submitted together with the relevant share certificates.

Article 9. (Registration or deregistration of trust assets)

           To request registration of trust assets with respect to shares, the
trustor or trustee shall submit an application therefor together with the
relevant share certificates. To request deregistration of trust assets with
respect to shares, the trustee or beneficiary shall submit an application
therefor together with the relevant share certificates.

                CHAPTER IV. NON-POSSESSION OF SHARE CERTIFICATES

Article 10. (Application for non-possession of share certificates)

           1. An application for non-possession of share certificates shall be
submitted together with the relevant share certificates.
           2. In the event that the above applications is accepted,
non-issuance of share certificates shall be noted or recorded in the register of
shareholders.

Article 11. (Application for delivery of no-possessed share certificates)


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           In the event that a shareholder who submitted an application for
non-possession of share certificates requests the issuance of return thereof, an
application therefor shall be submitted.

                            CHAPTER V. NOTIFICATIONS

Article 12. (Notification of name and address, etc.)

           A shareholder shall notify the Company of the following information

          (1)  name and address;
          (2)  in the event such a shareholder is a corporation; the titles and
               names of its representatives;
          (3)  in the event a legal representative is elected for a shareholder;
               the position, name and address of such legal representative; and
          (4)  in the event a shareholder is owned jointly, the name and address
               of the representative of such joint owners.

Article 13. (Expatriate share holders)

           In the event the address of a shareholder in the preceding Article is
in a foreign country, such a shareholder shall notify a temporal address to
receive notices in Japan or appoint a standing agent in Japan and notify the
Company of such matter.

Article 14. (Changes to registered information)

           1. In the event mattes regarding the registered information, pursuant
to Article 12 and Article 13 are changed, such shareholder shall notify the
Company of such changes.
           2. In the event the name of a shareholder changes, and application
therefor, share certificates and evidencing documents therefor shall be
submitted, provided however, if share certificates are not issued for such a
shareholder, share certificates do not need to be submitted.
           3. In the event the name, title or position of the legal
representative, representative or agent of shareholder changes, an application
therefor and evidencing documents therefor shall be submitted.

Article 15. (Submission of an imprint of seal)

           1. A shareholder, its legal representative, representative or agent
shall submit an imprint of its seal (or in the event of a foreign person or
corporation whose country has signatory customs, an imprint of its signature) to
the Company.
           2. In the event of a change of seal, such shareholder shall submit
an imprint of the new seal.

Article 16. (Registered pledgee, etc.)

           The provisions of this Chapter shall be applied mutatis mutandis to
registered pledgees, fractional shareholders and registered persons of lost
share certificates.


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                  CHAPTER VI. INSCRIPTION ON SHARE CERTIFICATES

Article 17. (Names of shareholders)

           1. The names of shareholders shall be inscribed on the share
certificates.
           2. In the event that shares are transferred. The date registered in
the register shall be inscribed in the back of such a share certificates, the
name of the transferee shall be inscribed thereon and certification by the
transfer agent shall be imprinted.
           3. The provision in the preceding paragraph shall be applied mutatis
mutandis in the event that an application pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 14
is made.

Article 18. (Registration or deregistration of a pledge and trust assets)

           1. In the event that registration or deregistration of a pledge
pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 is made, such information and the date
registered or recorded in the register shall be inscribed on the share
certificate and certification by the transfer agent shall be imprinted.
           2. In the event that registration or deregistration of trust assets
pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 is made, such information and the date
registered or recorded in the register shall be inscribed on the share
certificate and certification by the transfer agent shall be imprinted.

              CHAPTER VII. REGISTRATION OF LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES

Article 19. (Registration or deregistration of lost share certificates or
filing of objection to registration of lost share certificates)

           1. To make registration or deregistration of lost share certificates
or to file an objection to such registration, an application form shall be
submitted together with the documents the Company requires.
           2. To make registration set forth in the preceding Paragraph, fee
for registration of lost share certificates set forth in Article 21 shall be
paid.
           3. To file an objection to registration set forth in Paragraph 1, the
share certificates which have been registered as lost shall be submitted.

Article 20. (Transfer of shares in respect of a holder of lost share
certificates)

           An applicant for registration of lost share certificates shall submit
the documents necessary for the transfer of shares by the date such share
certificates become null and void as the result of such registration, provided,
however, this provision shall not apply to the case where such registered person
is a shareholder or a registered pledgee.

Article 21. (Fee for registration of lost share certificates)

           The fee in respect of the application for registration of lost share
certificates shall be the

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amount separately prescribed.

                 CHAPTER VIII. REISSUANCE OF SHARE CERTIFICATES

Article 22. (Issuance of new share certificates due to division or
consolidation)

           To request issuance of new share certificates due to division or
consolidation of share certificates, an application therefor shall be submitted
together with the relevant share certificates.

Article 23. (Reissuance due to loss)

           To request reissuance of share certificates which became null and
void as the result of registration of lost share certificates, an application
form therefor shall be submitted.

Article 24. (Reissuance due to defacement or mutilation)

           To request issuance of new shares due to defacement or mutilation of
share certificates, new share certificates shall be issued in the exchange for
such certificates; provided, however, that if it is difficult to discern the
genuineness of the share certificates, the provisions of the preceding Chapter
shall apply.

     CHAPTER IX. FRACTIONAL SHARE REGISTER AND PURCHASE OF FRACTIONAL SHARES


Article 25. (Fractional share registration)

           1. The Company shall register or record the name, address, ratio of
the fractional shares to one share and acquisition date with the fractional
share register.
           2. In the event a person acquires fractional shares by any reason
other than assignment, such person may require the Company to change the
registered or recorded information by submitting an application therefor. In
this case, the provision of paragraph 2 of Article 6 shall be applied mutatis
mutandis.

Article 26. (Request for purchase)

           1. To request the purchase of fractional shares, an application
therefor shall be submitted.
           2. The request for the purchase of fractional shares described above
shall be effective when the request is submitted to the transfer agent's place
of business or any of its forwarding offices as set forth in Article 2 hereof.

Article 27. (Purchase price)

           The purchase price of the fractional shares shall be decided by
negotiation between the persons who requested such purchase and the Company.

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Article 28. (Payment)

           1. The payment amount, being the purchase price set forth in the
preceding Article 27 minus the purchase fee set forth in Article 30, shall be
made forthwith to the persons who requested such purchase without delay.
           2. The persons who requested such purchase may designate a method of
payment or appoint its receiving agent in respect of the payment of the
purchase price.

Article 29. (Transfer of shares subject to purchase)

           1. The fractional shares requested to be purchased shall be
transferred to the Company on the day on which the payment of the purchase
amount pursuant to the preceding Article is completed.
           2. Changes in entry or record to the fractional share register shall
be made on the date of transfer, provided for in the preceding paragraph,
provided however, in the event that a method of payment is appointed pursuant to
paragraph 2 of the preceding Article, entry to the fractional share register
shall be made on the day on which such payment is completed.

Article 30. (Purchase Fee)

           The purchase fee in respect of the purchase of the fractional shares
shall be separately determined as the fee in respect of the consignment of sale
and purchase of the shares.

                            CHAPTER X. MISCELLANEOUS

Article 31. (Amendments)

           Any amendments to or abolishment of this regulation shall be rendered
by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.

           Established on September 1, 1995
           Amended on May 31, 2004