41.   The government would also inject funds into public banks to boost lending to small- and medium-sized enterprises, farmers and tradesmen.

42.   The FSA is mulling the change in case Tokyo injects public funds into banks, the Mainichi newspaper reported, without citing sources.

43.   The FSA is mulling the change in case the government injects public funds into banks in the form of preference shares for recapitalisation.

44.   The package reportedly contains measures to prop up the slumping stock market and the possibility of injecting public funds into banks in case of a financial crisis.

45.   The Nihon Keizai said the government is unlikely to inject public funds into banks ahead of the start of the next fiscal year in April.