41.   The ministry also plans to increase the number of sleeper cars on the trains between the popular destinations, the report said.

42.   The ministry plans drastic deregulation, Sakakibara said, including promotion of electronic trading and other technologies to allow faster and larger-scale exchange of currencies.

43.   The ministry plans to decide which applicants to choose and the number of channels in the coming few months.

44.   The ministry plans to launch export promotion projects to accelerate exports in other places.

45.   The ministry plans to upgrade security at historic sites and warehouses by hiring more guards and building theft-proof facilities, he said.

46.   The ministry is planning to present drafts of the laws to the government by the end of this year and hopes for parliamentary approval sometime next year.

47.   The ministry plans a nationwide publicity week next month about food quality.

48.   The ministry plans to place the properties chosen by the commission in June into a special real estate fund, which would be listed on the stock exchange.

49.   The ministry also plans to open telephone hotlines nationwide for people suffering from depression, another official was quoted as saying.

50.   The ministry plans to ban nutria imports, he said.