MARCH 1984

ANTIMONOPOLY LAW & INDUSTRIAL POLICY

Technopolis

Oil Industry Reorganization

Industrial Policy

Basic Materials Industries - Structurally Recessed Industries Law

Chemical Fertilizaers

GM-Toyota

Robots

Satellites

Computers - Fifth Generation Computers

Aircraft

Semiconductors

Large Retail Stores

Secret Cartels

AVIATION

US-Japan Aviation Talks

China -Japan Air Talks

Yamato Also Smashing International Freight Rates?

ENERGY

Energy -Enriched Uranium

FINANCE

Japanese Banks and American Banks

Door to Door Sales Law

Installment Sales Law Revision

European Insurance Firm Seeks Entry

Foreign Banks and Securities Firms to Underwrite Goverenment Bonds

American Banks - Japanese Securities Companies

Foreign Currency Futures

Share Trusts (Mututal Funds)

Venture Capital

Market Opening Package- Finance Measures - Eurobonds

National Government Bonds

Gold Exchange Futures

Gold Futures Firm Sued

Electronic Banking

Banks vs. Securities Companies

Joint Venture Trading On Osaka Exchange?

Convertible Bonds

Warrant Bonds

MOF Defers Bond Fund

Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposit

Mortgage Securities

Nakasone Bonds

Shareholders Meetings

Small Companies

Overseas Investment

New Accounting Standards

Bank Agency Companies

New Accounts - Deregulation

New Loans System

Restrictions on Share Investment by Foreigners to be Dropped

Loan Sharks - Sarakin

Americans Look at Japanese Banks

LEGAL PROFESSION

Nuisance Suits Fined

Japanese Lawyers to Discuss Liberalizing Their Trade

Repeta Says Note Taking Ban is Unconstitutional

Magnetic Disks Acceptable for Evidence

Lawyer Fees to be Doubled

MARINE

Deep Sea Mining

Japanese Shipping Industry

US - Japan Fishing Talks

Japan Caves in to Soviet Pressure

Australia - Japan Fishing Pact

Korea - Japan FishingTalks

PHARMACEUTICALS & PRODUCT LIABILITY

Elderly Going to Doctors Less Due to Higher Fees

State Liable

Standard Drug Price List Revised

New Genetic Enginerring Guidelines

Drug Industry to Restrict Gift Giving

New Testing Standards

TAX

Unitary Tax

Corporate Tax Evasion

Tax Reform

Investment Taxes Going Up

Sole Proprietors to be Required to Keep Books

Entertainment Deductions to be Cut

Reserve for Overseas Investment Losses and Tax on Technology Transfers

Increased Oil Tax

Increased Alcohol Taxes

Tax - Substitute Energy - Oil Refining

Commodity Taxes

Corporate Tax

Individual Income Tax Cuts

Transportation Allotment Raised

Multinational Tax Evasion

Most Firms Forget Revenue Stamps

Basic Telephones

Confirmation Tax Refport Income Level Raised

Tax Office Computerized

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

US - Japan Telecommunications Procurement

NTT to Drive Back Canadian Firm

Private Telephone Company

Value Added Networks

MITI's Telecommunications Counterproposal

International & Domestic Telephone Rates Declining?

Cable TV

TRADE

Export Promotion Measures

Market Opening Measures

Coal

Titanium Dumping Suit

Textile Dumping Suit Against Japanese Dropped

MITI Refuses Request on Textile Imports

Foreign Factory Certifications

Nissan Gets its Toes Wet in the UK

Auto Exports Quota Framework to the US Set

Report of the Council of Economic Advisors

EC Demands Drastic Trade Action

Digital Audio Discs (CDs) - GATt

Australian Prime Minister Wants to Sell More in Japan

Canada Asks Extension of Auto Export Restraints

Japan's First Dumping Suit

US Demands

Motorcycles

Machine Tools

Trade Figures