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Japan Hot Stocks-Mitsui Home, Sony

TOKYO, March 25 (Reuters) - The following stocks are on the move on Tuesday. **MITSUI HOME DOWN AFTER FORECASTS NET LOSS**

Mitsui Home Co Ltd ask-only at 434 yen, 5.45 percent below Monday's close of 459, after the home builder affiliated with Mitsui Fudosan Co on Monday forecast a group net loss of 1.2 billion yen ($9.94 million) for the year ending on March 31.

That reversed its previous forecast of a 450 million yen profit. Mitsui Home blamed the revision on a special loss of 1.5 billion yen partly due to appraisal losses on its shareholdings. 0023 GMT **SONY , BLUE CHIPS FOLLOW U.S. PEERS DOWN**

Sony Corp down 1.75 percent at 4,480 yen and leading declines in blue-chip exporters after U.S. stocks sank three percent on concerns that the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein would not be easy. A protracted war could hit consumer sentiment in the United States, Japan's biggest export market.

Leading auto maker Toyota Motor Corp down 1.71 percent at 2,880 yen. Office equipment giant Canon Inc down 2.22 percent at 4,410 yen. 0016 GMT