	lifetime lft to buy shares of nippon lace lifetime corp said it agreed to buy five mln shares or pct of nippon lace co ltd for dlrs a share or mln dlrs it said it plans to enter the health care business in japan in addition it said koba electronics co ltd an affiliate of lifetime will buy four mln unissued shares or a pct stake of nippon for mln dlrs or five dlrs a share the company said ohta shoji chief executive officer of toho mutual life insurance co owns the majority of koba electronics shares toho mutual life is also the largest shareholder in nippon lace the company said lifetime also said the private bank and trust of zurich on behalf of lifetime director and shareholder terence ramsden intends to subscribe for two mln shares of nippon lace at the same price paid by lifetime reuter 
