FEBRUARY 1985

ANTIMONOPOLY LAW & INDUSTRIAL POLICY

Satellites and Space Program

Aircraft Industry

High Technology Legislation

Uranium Concentration

Last Designations of Structurally Recessed Industries Law

Semiconductors

Supercomputers

Linking Computers

Computer Crime Prevention

Computer Inspection Standards

FINANCE

Japan World's Largest Creditor

Japan World's Largest Gold Market

Japanese Cause Zero Coupon Bond Market Collapse

Foreign Bank Financing Hit

Japanese Strong in Underwriting

Tokyo Capital Markets

Bond Rating Institutions

Trust Banking and Pension Funds

Trust Banking and Pension Funds

Australia - Japan Banking

Japanese Bank Stocks

Euroyen Bond Withholding Tax

Stock Exchange Membership

Lower Stock Brokerage Commissions

Futures

Underwriting Agreement Revised

Bank vs. Securities Frims

Sarakin

Bond Issues

Subsidiary Stock Market Listing Standards

Financial Institution Bond Issues

Money Market Certificates

New Accounts - Deregulation

Interest Deregulation

Japanese Bank Guarantees

Pawnships

Central Bank for Commercial and Industrial Associates Law

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Caterpillar Sues Komatsu - Patents

Cephalosporin Related Antibiotics

Government Owned Patents

Patents on Optical Disks

International Patents by Facsimile

Computer Software Law

Video VCR Rental (Copyright)

Record Rentals

Japan Claims US Biased - Patents

Optical Fiber

Amorphous Metals

Semiconductor Design Protection

NEC's 16 Bit Microprocessor

Cable TV Copyrights

IBM Lawyers Buildup Alarming?

Data Copyright Protection

Flppy Disk Drives

Parallel Imports - Trademark Rights

Coca-Cola Bottles - Trademark

Flexible Manufacturing System

LABOR

Minimum Wage Raised

Handicapped and Elderly Workers

Shorter Workweek

Part-time Worker Protection

Sexual Discrimination Law

Temporary Employment Firms

Pensions

Vocational Training Law

Workmen's Compensation

Damages for Work Schedule Changes

MARINE

Whaling

Japanese Defraud Fishing Regulations

Japanese Fisherman Imprisoned

Japan to Import US Fish Products

Shipping Line Cartels

Revival Measures for Shipping Firms

Shipbuilding Industry

Deep Seam Mining Vision

Transport Deregulation

Pollution Prevention

High Cube Containers

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Telecommunications Business Law

TRADE

Semen and Gasoline - Verboten Areas, Show Open Japanese Markets

Petrochemical Imports to be Shunted to China

US Losing Economic Control to Imports - Particularly Japanese

Japan Reneges on Aid Commitments

Developing Nations Hit Japanese Market Opening

Nakasone's Australia Trip Breeds Skepticism

Import Restrictions and Export Promotions

Timber Imports

US-Japan Trade - Telecommunications, Forestry Pharmaceuticals

US Goods Trade Fair

EC-Dumping Rulings - Typewriters and Construction Equipment

Steel Trade Negotiations

Automobile Trade

Semiconductor Trade

Soverign Compulsion Defense in US Trade Cases - TV Case

Export - Import Bank Law

Textile Trade Talks

China-Japan Trade Developments - Rapid Increase in Exports to Mainland China

Record Breaking Year for Exports to China