JAPANSK NORSK OVERSETTER REGISTRATION

The Issuer, the dealers or any other intermediary do not represent that this Base Prospectus may be lawfully distributed, or that any Notes may be lawfully offered, in compliance with any applicable registration or other requirements in any such jurisdiction, or pursuant to an exemption available there under, or assume any responsibility for facilitating any such distribution or offering. In particular, Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and may include Notes in bearer form, which are subject to U.S. The distribution of this Base Prospectus and the offer, sale or delivery of Notes may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. This Base Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Notes in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. Population (1992): 5, 659,000.The Base Prospectus appearing herein comprises a prospectus for the purposes of Article 5 of the Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 for the purpose of giving information. The tunnel carries a rail line between Hakodate on Hokkaido and Aomori on Honshu. Construction of the Seikan Tunnel, which was dug under the Tsugaru Strait in order to link Hokkaido with the main Japanese island of Honshu, was begun in 1964 and was completed in 1988. The island contains the largest coal deposits in Japan. Rice, soy and kidney beans, oats, barley, hay and white potatoes are important crops. The economic development of Hokkaido includes iron, steel, wood-pulp, dairy and fishing industries. Other important towns are the ports of Hakodate, Otaru and Muroran. Hokkaido University, founded in 1876, is located there. Sapporo is the administrative headquarters and an industrial, commercial and tourist centre. Serious Japanese settlement of the island began in 1869, when the territory, which was then called Yezo do (province), was renamed Hokkaido (North Sea Province). It was long the domain of the aboriginal Ainu peoples. Hokkaido is characterized by a cool climate and recently formed mountains and volcanoes. Together with a few small adjacent islands, it constitutes a do (province) with an area of 32, 247 square miles (83,520 square km), making up 21 percent of Japan's land area. The island of Hokkaido has an area of 30, 107 square miles (77, 978 square km). northernmost of the four main islands of Japan, bordered by the Sea of Japan (west), the Sea of Okhotsk (north) and the Pacific Ocean (east and south).

The Seikan Tunnel (1988) under the Tsugaru Strait links it with Honshu.ģ. It has a varied economy, supported by iron and steel and the largest coal deposits in Japan. Long the domain of the aboriginal Ainu, Hokkaido attracted serious Japanese settlement beginning in 1869. Within its borders are several high mountains, including Asahi (7,513 ft (2,290 m)) and Japan's longest river, the Ishikari. Its administrative headquarters is Sapporo. Northernmost of the four main islands of Japan, it is bordered by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean and has an area of 30,107 sq mi (77,978 sq km). formerly Yezo Island (population in 2000: 5,683,000) and province, northern Japan.

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