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Japan Hot Stocks-Alps Electric, Bosch Auto, TEPCO

TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The following stocks are on the move on Friday.

**ALPS ELECTRIC OUTPERFORMS ON REPORT TO BEAT FORECAST**

Electronics components maker Alps Electric Co Ltd up 0.74 percent at 1,370 yen, outperforming a broad market fall on a newspaper report it would beat its profit estimate for the first half and full business year, a trader said.

Buoyed by robust sales from PC-use magnetic heads and game machines parts, Alps Electric is seen posting a 270 percent jump in group operating profit to 19 billion yen for the half year to September, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said on Friday. That is 35 percent better than the company's initial forecast.

Alps Electric's stock had jumped 3.4 percent in the previous session after Deutsche Securities raised its rating on the issue, citing in part lessening concerns about a slowdown in GMR (Giant Magneto-Resistive) head operations due to better demand for heads used in Toshiba Corp's 2.5-inch hard disk drives. 0340 GMT **BOSCH AUTOMOTIVE UP AFTER RETURNING TO BLACK**

Bosch Automotive Systems Corp, a car-parts maker affiliated to Robert Bosch of Germany, jumped 3.57 percent to 145 yen.

That compares with a 0.79 percent fall in the transport equipment subindex .

The company late on Thursday posted a group operating profit of 4.11 billion yen ($34.76 million) for the January-June period, compared with a loss of 1.57 billion yen a year earlier. 0150 GMT **TEPCO DOWN ON NUCLEAR PLANT FALSE REPORT CLAIMS**

Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc (TEPCO) down 2.4 percent at 2,440 yen, the most actively traded issue by value on the Tokyo bourse's main board.

Shares in Japan's top power utility came under pressure after the nation's nuclear power watchdog said after the close of trade on Thursday the firm may have made false reports on cracks found at nuclear power plants from the late 1980s through the 1990s.

TEPCO said it was investigating 29 cases in which "there is a possibility inappropriate measures were taken," and that it would complete an internal investigation by mid-September. 0042 GMT **ARAI-GUMI SURGES, TO BRIEF ON BUSINESS PLAN**

Arai-Gumi Ltd up 12.73 percent at 62 yen, the second-biggest percentage gainer on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first section.

The struggling mid-sized contractor said on Friday morning that it would announce a business improvement plan at 10:30 a.m. (0130 GMT) as media reports swirl about a possible rescue package from its creditors.

The general contractor said it also planned to unveil mid-year earnings results at that time, but declined to comment on a support package from its main banks.

Shares of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp , Arai-Gumi's main creditor bank, down 0.65 percent at 610 yen, compared with a 0.15 percent rise in the banking subindex . 0040 GMT **SUMITOMO RUBBER UP ON SOLID H1 EARNINGS**

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd up 2.57 percent at 519 yen.

Japan's third-largest tyremaker said on Thursday it posted a group net profit of 3.2 billion yen ($27.06 million) in the January to June period, rebounding from a net loss a year earlier thanks to strong exports to the U.S., a weak yen, and cost cuts. 0015 GMT ($1=118.24 yen)