11.   But Japan imported only the untreated products because of bureaucratic regulations.

12.   It will have to open previously protected sectors such as agriculture to outside competition and cut through its bewildering web of bureaucratic regulation.

13.   It will have to open previously protected sectors like agriculture to outside competition and cut through its bewildering web of bureaucratic regulation.

14.   Many Japanese feel no party stands for combating political corruption or reforming bureaucratic regulations blamed for choking economic growth.

15.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto also said separately that Japan needs to free its markets from excessive bureaucratic regulation to restart its recovery from years of recession.

16.   The changing attitude reflects a growing acceptance of the changes in the state-controlled Indian economy, which has gradually shed bureaucratic regulations.

17.   The United States has called on Japan to do all it can to spur the economy into recovery and cut bureaucratic regulations.

18.   The overriding factor for voters was a desire to retain national sovereignty in the face of feared bureaucratic regulation from Brussels.