OCTOBER 1982

ANTIMONOPOLY LAW & INDUSTRIAL POLILCY

Special Tax Measures for Depressed Regions

Cartels - Structurally Recessed Industries Law

US Government Officials Criticize Depression Cartels

MITI Designated 15 Depressed Regions

Fair Trade Commission Establishes Trade Official

FTC Approves Ethylene Cartel

Sanyo Pays $100,000 in Antitrust Settlement

AVIATION

United Airlines Reaches Tieup with Japan Airlines

Airline Law - Japan to Crack Down on Discount Air Tickets

ENERGY

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Radioactive Waste

Gasoline Stations Administrative Guidance

Volatile Fuel (Gasoline) Sales Business Law

ENVIRONMENT LAW

Environment Agency to Push Natural Methods to Clean up Lakes

FINANCE

Consolidated Financial Statements From 1983

Ministry of Finance Restricts London Futures Acitivities of Japanese Banks

New Samurai Bond Rules

Revised Commercial Code - Foreign Investors Hit

Foreign Banks Want Japanese Government Bond Dealings

Ministry of Finance Imposes Capital Controls on Weak yen

Venture Capital In Japan - Special Feature

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Record Rentals - Foreigners Hit Recording Law

Industrial Espionage - IBM Files Suit Against Hitachi

NTT and ATT Conclude Cross Licenses on Patents

LABOR

Labor Ministry Seeks Stronger Standards on Robots

Labor Ministry Lowers Overtime Work

Labor Ministry to Push New Law for 48 Hour Work Week

State Found Liable for First Time on Occupation Related Illness

MARINE LAW

New Japan - Australia Fishing Agreement

Japan Maneuvering to Make US Join United Nations Law of the Sea.

Domestic Marine Transport to Jointly Trash Facilities

PHARMACEUTICALS

New Pricing Method on Standard Drug Price List

TAX

Ministry of Finance Opposes Investment Tax Measures

Special Tax Measures for Depressed Regions

Ministry of Finance Opposes Abolishment of Double Taxation of Dividends

Construction Ministry Proposes Tax Revision to Stimulate Housing

TRADE

Tobacco Games - Sincerity Wilts in Disclosure

US - Japan Agricultural Trade Talks

US- Japan High Technology Trade Talks - Star Wars or Twilight Zone?

Gatt & Trade Talks. EC Rejects Japan's Idea of More Talking

Petrochemical Firms Hesitate to Sue US Firms - Dumping

International Product Accreditation Meeting in Tokyo

Trade Council Meeting for the First Time in 10 years.

Brock Proposes New US-Japan Trade Ties

Metallic Bats - US to Sue Japan at Gatt

ITC Finds Pocket Bell Dumping

US Steel threatens Trade Actions on Japanese Steel Exports

Nontariff Trade Barriers - Trade Negotiations - Behind the Scenes Maneuvering of Kasumigaseki Bureaucrats

MISCELLANEOUS

Medical Malpractice - Parents of Handicapped Boy Seek 107 million yen

Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Win First Appeal on Premature Baby Catarracts Case

Kanagawa Prefecture has First Public Disclosure Law