21.   Hashimoto announced that Japan will contribute funds for joint visits by Japanese and British war veterans to World War II battlefields and cemeteries in Asia.

22.   In addition to the EU, the embassies of the United States, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Japan and Britain are contributing funds and training help.

23.   Japan will contribute funds for joint visits by Japanese and British war veterans to World War II battlefields and cemeteries in Asia.

24.   Japan, Germany and Switzerland also have contributed funds over the years.

25.   Representatives of survivors, German companies that used forced labor and several governments have been meeting for months to negotiate a plan under which funds would be contributed.

26.   Several Western nations, led by the United States, are contributing set-up funds, along with Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros.

27.   Some European countries and the Gulf states are either opposed to the bank or do not want to contribute funds.

28.   Some European countries and the Gulf states feel it would duplicate existing lending institutions and have said they will not contribute funds.

29.   That was a reference to conservative Gulf Arab countries that have contributed funds to keep the commission running.

30.   The Deposit Insurance Corp., which guarantees the deposits of Japanese banks, is expected to contribute funds and purchase nonperforming loans from Midori Bank, the Nikkei said.