… to factor in OSI deal (Adds company executive comments) By Yumiko Nishitani TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Astellas Pharma ..... Nikkei stock average which shed 9.8 percent. (Reporting by Yumiko Nishitani; Editing by Joseph Radford)

… about 243.4 billion yen ($3 billion). The prefecture has yet to project the disaster's economic impact on tourism. Yumiko Sato understands why many tourists are staying away. "People don't have a sense of distance. They just hear Fukushima and …

… Toshiba shares closed down 1.6 percent at 437 yen, while TEPCO stock ended up 0.2 percent at 2,420 yen. The benchmark Nikkei average dropped 0.7 percent. (Reporting by Yumiko Nishitani and Sachi Izumi; Editing by Joseph Radford)

… new forecast does not include the impact of buying OSI. As of Friday, shares of Astellas had lost 21 percent since the start of the year, underperforming the Nikkei stock average which shed 9.8 percent. (Reporting by Yumiko Nishitani)

… produce value-added rare earth products, a metalswebsite said, stating that conditions were not ripe forcooperation. (Additional reporting by Yumiko Nishitani and Yuko Inoue inTokyo, Polly Yam in Hong Kong; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

… of their alliance was prompted by a proposal from JSC Atomredmetzoloto, a Russian uranium mining firm, to buy a majority stake in Uranium One, the three Japanese firms said. (Reporting by Yumiko Nishitani; Editing by Joseph Radford)

… the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square. From left, Emiko Katano, Kana Chiguchi, Naoko Miyata and Yumiko Shimizu, all from Nagoya, Japan, take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square. Fireworks explode …