TIFFE: Rollover Of Three-Month Euroyen Futures Leading Contract Month - Leading Contract Month Will Be Dec2004 From January 22, 2004

On both January 22 and 23, the Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE) saw the trading volume of the current leading contract month of Three-month Euroyen Futures -September 2004- being exceeded by the next contract month -December 2004-, which marked the highest volume on both trading days among all Euroyen futures. As such, TIFEE has approved a shift of the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current September 2004 contracts to the December 2004 contracts. The new leading contract month is effective from January 22, 2004