61.   Analysts say oil majors have been pushing for a role extending beyond giving technical advice that would offer better financial rewards in return for the transfer of technology.

62.   Another official task force to give technical advice to Murayama is scheduled to be launched next month.

63.   Tokyo wants a formal agreement with Vietnam which will guarantee its firms equal treatment in return for technical advice with economic structuring, Vietnamese officials said.

64.   The group sent missions to North Korea in early April to offer technical advice, following on the heels of a similar trip in September last year.