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unprecedented damage wreaked by the natural disaster in Japan. Word of the fund comes as Japanese auto makers have been forced to cut vehicle production to half of normal levels due to a chronic shortage of locally sourced components in the wake of the massive quake. That supply chain bottleneck has stemmed primarily from output and financing problems at parts and materials manufacturers located in northeastern Japan, many of which have supplied foreign auto plants as well. Even as the "Big Three" Japanese auto assembly giants--Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.--plan to start ramping up production closer to normal capacity from as soon as next month, the country's army of subcomponent manufactures may face a steeper road to recovery. The government in Tokyo and local industry groups have expressed concern lost business outsourced to domestic and foreign rivals may not return to smaller and financially weaker firms. The JAPIA, which represents more than 400 suppliers nationwide, confirmed it was discussing such a fund with the DBJ to invest in damaged parts makers mainly in quake-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, but said the details were still being worked out. In recent weeks, another auto association Japan Automobile Dealers Association has been focused on aiding some 200 especially troubled Japanese parts makers, down from upwards of 500 immediately after the quake struck. The ultimate size of the fund to be launched by the DBJ in cooperation with the Japan Auto Parts Industries Association hasn't been finalized yet, but "it could be around" Y50 billion, the person familiar with the matter said. Private financial firms will also be invited to invest in the fund, primarily--though not exclusively--Japanese institutional investors, the DBJ official said. The fund represents a new direction for the DBJ asest selections. Among the responses: Metallica, AC/DC and endorsement of his recent use of a song by the group Disturbed. At age 59, with 36 years of Army service after graduating from West Point, Dempsey comes across as energetic and athletic. Last year he underwent treatment for what his spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Alayne Conway, said Sunday was "head and neck cancer that presented itself as a tumor on the base of his tongue." She said his doctors have given him a clean bill of health. The story of Dempsey's rise to the top job in the military is remarkable, not least because just a month ago it was widely presumed that Marine Gen. James Cartwright was a lock for the post. Dempsey had just been sworn in for a four-year term as the Army's chief of staff, an assignment he clearly relished. A cup of coffee later, Dempsey is a Senate vote away from taking a much different job, one that will make him the senior military adviser to Obama. Cartwright's stock fell after the public release of a Pentagon investigation into claims of misconduct with a young female aide. The Pentagon's inspector general cleared Cartwright of the most serious claims, which suggested he'd had an improper relationship with the woman. But the investigation found that he mishandled an incident in which the aide was drunk and either passed out or fell asleep in his hotel room, where he was working. This would not be the first time Dempsey has changed course suddenly. When he was serving in 2008 as deputy commander at U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the greater Middle East, Dempsey was picked to become the Army's top general in Europe. But he never made the move because the Central Command's top leader, Adm. William J. Fallon, resigned suddenly and unexpectedly. Dempsey took over as the acting commander until Gen. David Petraeus was confirmed for the job several months later. Dempsey then was given command of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, at Fort Monroe, Va., where he developed the Army's thinking on how to prepare for future wars. There he preached "the gospel of adaptation" — a conviction that uncertain times demand that soldiers and their leaders be versatile, flexible and open to new ways of doing things. Dempsey, a native of New Jersey and New York, received a master's degree in English from Duke University in 1984 and then taught English at West Point. He also earned master's degrees from the Army's Command and General Staff College in 1987 and from the National War College in 1995. He has a reputation for embracing change. Peter Mansoor, who served under Dempsey in Iraq as a brigade commander in the 1st Armored Division, wrote in his book, "Baghdad at Sunrise," that Demp