Convex and Alliant are represented in Japan by a steel company, so what more natural than that Stellar Computer Inc, Newton, Massachusetts shoul pick a chemicals company as its exclusive Japanese partner? It has chosen to go with Asahi Chemical Industry Co Ltd, Tokyo, which will become exclusive industrial distributor of the GS1000 Graphics Supercomputers in Japan bearing both the Stellar and Asahi logos, under a multimillion dollar, multi-year pact that is Asahi’s first foray into the computer industry.