Tokyo, June 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's parliament on Friday passed
into law a bill to set up an organization to revitalize heavily indebted
small and midsize regional companies.

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Fair Trade Commission has
raided six office furniture makers on suspicion of rigging bids in supplying

Tokyo, June 17 (Jiji Press)--Financial assets held by Japanese
households at the end of March fell 3.7 pct from a year before to a

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's tax authorities are stepping
up their crackdown on illegal abuse of the system for exempting exporters
from consumption tax.

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan condemned North Korea on Monday
for its plan to start a new nuclear weapons program using enriched uranium

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)--A government-induced shopping binge in
Japan on environmentally friendly vehicles and electronics has yet to

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--Three private universities in Japan
have recently announced decisions to stop accepting new students from the

Beijing, June 9 (Jiji Press)--With the recent introduction of a
number of measures to tighten pollution standards at central and local

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)--The agriculture ministry and ruling
party lawmakers, especially those affiliated with farm organizations, are

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese automakers are increasingly
looking to electric vehicles but face a bumpy road ahead in their quest for
growth in the zero-emission field.