111.   Tokyo stock prices were higher in early trading Wednesday on buying by public pension funds.

112.   Traders said expectations that public pension funds will soon be allocating money to the market reversed the course.

113.   Traders said the Nikkei was unlikely to slide further as Japanese public pension funds were eager to buy cheap shares.

114.   Further buying via public pension funds was seen likely to emerge later in the week.

115.   The Yucaipa American Fund will control subsidiary funds and businesses that provide financial services to public pension funds.

116.   To this end, some of our countries must take measures to ensure the sustainability of our public pension programs and systems of social support.

117.   Under the agreement, Japanese public pension funds are to be opened to investment advisory companies as early as April, the finance ministry said.

118.   Japan may allow overseas investment advisory companies to enter its public pension fund market, news reports said Friday.

119.   Japanese trust banks and insurance companies are currently the only financial institutions allowed to manage public pension and mutual funds.

120.   Some life insurers and public pension funds were among those who bought the dollar at the behest of the Bank of Japan and the finance ministry, dealers said.