Aug 15--PRNewswire/AsiaNetCONTROVERSIAL JAPANESE PM... TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yakukuni Shrine was "disturbing and deplorable", the president of a major Japanese company said today. Mr Mr Einosuke Akiya, president of Soka Gakkai, raised concerns about the effect of the pilgrimage on relations with Japan's neighbours, saying the shrine glorified the religious ideology espoused by the former Shinto state militarist government to promote wars of aggression and also enshrined the graves of known war criminals.E-FRAUD CONTRACT... DALLAS: Carreker Corporation, developers of e-finance technology, today announced a contract with the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) that would expand its fraud prevention technology in the Southern Pacific region. ANZ, one of the world's 100 largest banks, has total assets to the tune of $AUD 172 billion, the company said.ASIAN TELCO PLATFORM... SYDNEY: Pan-Asia telco, Asia Global Crossing, today launched its latest telecommunications platform that would allow Sydney-based multinational enterprises to benefit from its 200-city worldwide network, according to a company media release.SOFTWARE AWARD... MOFFETT FIELD: The ingenuity of Stream Theory Inc, a company that develops software platform infrastructure, was honoured today when the company was named the winner of CIO magazine's CIO-100 Award. "What was initially a niche idea has become the trend that businesses now depend on to remain competitive," company ceo, Steig Westerberg said. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).