APRIL 1983
ANTIMONOPOLY LAW & INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Powerful Forces Move for Major Revision of Antimonopoly Law
MITI Punishes Major Retailer in Relation to Restriction on Large Retailers
FTC Hits Oranomin C Drink on Resale Price Maintenance
FTC Orders Soda Ash Cartel to Break Up
International Aircraft Cooperation
MITI Eases Safety Rules at Petrochemical Plants
Styrene Monomer Joint Sales Firm
Ethylene Makers Seek Extension of Cartel
Foreigners Hit Structurally Recessed Industries Law
Japanese Interpretations of the Structurally Recessed Industries Law
Cement Industry Applies for Cartel
Mechanized Information Industry Promotion Law Revision
Antitrust Charges on Japanese 64K Chips
MITI Causes Office Automation Standardization
Structural Improvement of Brass Bar Industry
MITI to promote International Development of Biotechnology
Saitama Prefecture to Provide Subsidies to Use Robots
Hokkaido and Hokuriku Regions Try to Induce Foreign Firms
Ishikawa Prefecture to Provide Subsidies Amounting to a Record Billion yen
Saitama Prefecture to Provide 5 Year Credit Inducement for Firms
Easing Factory Restriction Laws
Polyvinyl Chloride Industry and Structurally Recessed Industry Law
Outline of the Technopolis Law
AVIATION
United Airlines to Start Pricing War
Criminal Liability on 1982 JAL Crash
ENERGY
Oil Price Reduction and Japans Energy Policy
ENVIRONMENT
Metro Tokyo to Restrict Karaoke
Temporary Ban on the Sea Disposal of Low Level Radioactive Waste
FINANCE
Bad Debt Reserve for Loans to Developing Countries
Export Insurance Sought for Overseas Lease Agreements
Illegal International Circulation of Japanese Yen Checks
Japanese City Banks Assisting US Export-Import Bank in Financing
MOF to Authorize Cash Dispensers Inside Companies
Securities Firms to Launch Individual Loan Service Secured by Government Bonds
First National Government Bonds with Floating Interest Rates
MOF to Authorize Minibranches for Securities Firms
Japan Steel Bond Issue Breakd Securities Companies Grip on Overseas Bond Issues
Domestic Trading of Foreign Issued Certificates of Deposit
Fraudulent Futures Transactions Increasing in non-Hong Kong Areas
Stock Manipulation Case - Prosecurition Asks Two Years of Prison
Venture Capital - Tokyo Stock Exchange Eases Regs
New Securities Issuing Standards
Insurance Company Need Not Pay for Death of Person Borrowing Car
Government May Raise Auto Insurance Rates
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Charges Filed on Computer Secrets Theft
MITI Hits IBM on Misuse of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
Pacific Basin Patent Information Exchange
LABOR
Auto Parts Industry to Receive Government Labor Subsidies
Historic Labor Agreement on Robots
Kinokuniya to Stop Sex Discrimination?
LAND
Eminent Domain Compensation Rights Weakened
Measures to Promote Stable Supplies of Housing Land
Real Estate Problem Resolution Institution to be Established
MARINE
MITI to Counter Marine Shipping Line Cartels with Shippers Cartel
US Pressures Japan to Support International Whaling Commission
PHARMACEUTICALS
Nippon Chemiphar Suspension Ends
Another Drug Data Fabrication Case
TAX
IRS-Toyota Tax Dispute Continues
Average Farmers UnderReport Income by Average of 3 million yen
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Retailers Data Feedback System
NTT to Rationalize Data Communications Service
Keidanren Wants Independent Satellite Technology
TRADE
Japanese Government to Investigate Pakistani Yarn Subsidies
New Dumping Study Group Established
Construction Ministry Seeks Export Insurance Approval for Iraq Project
List of Foreigners Frustrations in Japan
IBM - Hitachi - Software Copyright
Marubeni Confesses to Steel Dumping in US
Harley Davidson and Japanese Motorcycle Makers
Polyester Dumping Investigation Stalling Exports
Military Technology Still Hot Subject
Defense Department Forces Japanese Firm to Sell Subsidiary
Japan's Entertainment Trade Deficiti
US Robot Makers Seek Protection
US Suit on Japanese Polyester Textile Dumping
IBM - Hitachi Industrial Espionage Case Resolved
France to Also Limit Radio Transceiver Imports
EC Highly Evaluates Japan's Latest Trade Package
France Calls for European VCR Alliance
European Tariffs on Digital Audio Discs
EC Investigating Japan Peroxide Dumping
US-Japan Machine Tool Trade Problems
UK Seeks Japanese Action on Trade
French Dissatisfied with Japanese Actions
US Takes Japan to GATT on Leather Quotas
Imported Beef to be Sold at 20% Discount Once a Month
US Steel Industry Refiles Trade Suit
Korea Continues to Maintain Restraints on Imports From Japan
Australia Concerned on Agricultural Taxes
The Yen and International Trade