11.   The ministry finally decided last December to close the housing lenders.

12.   The ministry has not decided whether to convey its view directly to construction companies, he said.

13.   The ministry has already decided to freeze the Biratori dam project planned in Hokkaido following a request by a council there, the officials said.

14.   The ministry must decide who is going to pay for the loans.

15.   The ministry decided to wait for further information about the incident, Takemura said.

16.   The ministry will then decide whether to confirm the ruling.

17.   The Tokyo Stock Exchange also said today it will mete out its own punishment of Nomura for the payoffs after the ministry decides its penalty.

18.   Until the legal problems are not solved, the ministry has decided to stop bidding for the five remaining regions the government plans to sell.

19.   Police said they cannot prosecute the North Korean until the Foreign Affairs ministry decides if Sik has diplomatic immunity.

20.   A government official told The Associated Press that the ministry would decide whether the case went to court.