Starbucks Corp chairman and chief global strategist Howard Schultz (L) and Stabucks Coffee Japan president and chief executive officer attend a news conference in Tokyo on October 10, 2001. The Ja

Starbucks Corp chairman and chief global strategist Howard Schultz (L) and Stabucks Coffee Japan president and chief executive officer attend a news conference in Tokyo on October 10, 2001. The Japanese unit of the US coffee giant started trading on Wednesday on the Nasdaq Japan bourse at 80,000 yen, which was 16,000 yen or 25 per cent above it initial public offering price of 64,000. [Reuters]