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Fu·ji

(fo͞o′jē)

n. pl. Fu·jis

A variety of apple having fruit with greenish to red skin and yellowish crisp flesh.

[Probably partly after Fujisaki, the town in northern Honshu where the variety was developed, and partly after Mount Fuji.]

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Fuji

(ˈfuːdʒɪ)

(Placename) Mount Fuji an extinct volcano in central Japan, in S central Honshu: the highest mountain in Japan, famous for its symmetrical snow-capped cone. Height: 3776 m (12 388 ft). Also known as: Fujiyama or Fuji-san

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Fu•ji

(ˈfu dʒi)

n.

a dormant volcano in central Japan, on Honshu island: highest mountain in Japan. 12,395 ft. (3778 m). Also called Fu•ji•ya•ma (ˌfu dʒiˈyɑ mə) Fu•ji•san (ˈfu dʒiˌsɑn)

fuji

A Nigerian musical style that developed in the second half of the 20th century.

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Noun	1.	fuji - shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms fuji cherry, Prunus incisa flowering cherry - any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
	2.	Fuji - an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages Fujinoyama, Fuji-san, Fujiyama, Mount Fuji Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

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With the transactions slated for next April, Fuji TV will become the holding company of the Fujisankei Communications Group led by Fuji TV and will spearhead group-wide efforts to streamline operations, the TV broadcaster said.

2ND LD: Fuji TV to absorb Nippon Broadcasting assets

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Several financial institutions that hold shares in Nippon Broadcasting System Inc., a radio company targeted in a high-profile acquisition race, have decided to sell a portion of their shares to Fuji Television Network Inc.

Financial institutions to sell NBS shares to Fuji TV, on market

Toyota, with about 100,000 shares, or 0.3 percent of the radio station's outstanding shares, wants to keep the stake to ''watch quietly for a while'' the heated battle for control of Nippon Broadcasting between Fuji TV and Livedoor Co., they said.

LEAD: Toyota won't sell NBS shares to Fuji TV or open market

The Shikanais want the brokerage house to return the shares -- about 8 percent of Nippon Broadcasting's outstanding shares -- making further uncertain the result of the high-profile takeover battle for the radio network between Fuji Television Network Inc.

LEAD: Fujisankei founders demand Daiwa Securities return NBS shares

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2ND LD: Fuji TV seen securing over 1/3 stake in Nippon Broadcasting

Livedoor filed the lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court a day after Nippon Broadcasting announced it will issue Fuji TV share warrants worth 15.87 billion yen.

LEAD: Tug of war over Nippon Broadcasting moves into court

If the warrant scheme is fully exercised, this would raise Fuji TV's stake in Nippon Broadcasting to about 70 percent, allowing the TV network to win the acquisition battle, while reducing Livedoor's stake to about 16 percent from more than 40 percent currently.

2ND LD: Tug of war over Nippon Broadcasting moves into court

Daiwa Securities SMBC, an agent for Fuji TV's tender offer, said it has decided to sell its 2,625,000 shares in Nippon Broadcasting, or about 8 percent of all outstanding shares.