11.   The ministry will ask them to issue more bonds to finance the deficits.

12.   The ministry will also ask Osaka Prefecture to aid in the bailout.

13.   The ministry is also asking the firms to recall products if they cannot determine whether the items contain such cattle parts.

14.   The ministry may even ask the Bank of Japan to buy dollars for yen, he added.

15.   The ministry will also ask Osaka Prefecture, which was responsible for regulating Kizu, to aid in the bailout.

16.   Traders said they expect the ministry to ask the Bank of Japan to sell dollars when the U.S. currency rises further.

17.   Today, the ministry asked securities houses to recommend a coupon rate for the new bond, indicating it will hold the auction tomorrow, traders said.

18.   Vice Minister for Transport Masahiko Koga said yesterday the ministry will ask shipping companies to use double-hulled tankers as a protection against oil leakage.

19.   A health ministry official said the ministry will ask Guyana to send nurses to replace the Nigerians.

20.   But the ministry asked the bank to come up with more measures to prevent similar losses from recurring.