SEPTEMBER 1982

ANTIMONOPOLY LAW & INDUSTRIAL POLICY

Alcohol Makers Hit by FTC on Price Fixing

FTC Also Hits Makers of Soda Ash

Miti Seeks to Assist Aluminum Makers Crushed by Imports

MITI to Fund Technologies, Energy, Foreigners

MITI Proposes to Use Large Retailers to Expand Imports

FTC Asks for Easier Government Regulation of Business

Trade Frictions and Corporate Groups - Keiretsu

Corporate Competition and Corporate Ties - Keiretsu

Trade Frictions and Capital Liberalization

AVIATION

US Japan Interim Air Pact

Ombudsman Drops US Airline

ENERGY

Japan and Canada Sign Uranium Reprocessing Pact

Approval System for Energy Conserving Household Appliances

Substitute Energy Tax Benefits

Oil Subsitute Energy Tax Benefits

FINANCE

Securities Exchange Law - Foreign Shareholders

Joint Yen Financings by Foreign Banks Increase

Tokyo Offshore Market Banking Report

Golden Handshake Opens Gold Futures Exchange

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Canon Sued by Perkins Elmer for Semiconductor Manufacturing Patent

MARINE LAW

New Deep Sea Mining Corporation Formed.

New Marine Transport Accounting Rules

TAX

Revision of Inheritance Tax Circular

Tax - Retirement Payments Can not be Expensed

TRADE

Recession Cartels Limit Imports

US Hits Trade Cartels

US Demands Open Market

New US-Japan Textile Trade Accord

Harley Davidson Trade Suit

Motorola Claims Dumping on Pocket Bells

Government to Silently Acquiesce to Exports for Soviet Oil

Trade Frictions and Corporate Groups - Keiretsu

Trade Frictions and Capital Liberalization

MISCELLANEOUS

Protection of Privacy