41.   Japan will also continue cooperating with the Reserve Bank of Australia to boost the dollar, based on an earlier agreement, the ministry said yesterday.

42.   Last month, for example, the ministry said output would likely remain unchanged in the third quarter from the second.

43.   No way, the ministry said to the request for money, according to Sadic.

44.   Police had been fired on from several villages in the area, the ministry said.

45.   Production of mini-cars, passenger cars and supercomputers fell the most, the ministry said.

46.   Production of autos, electronics and petrochemicals is likely to drop in July, the ministry said.

47.   Right now, property owners can transfer such rights only for vacant land, the ministry said.

48.   Regional governments, many of which have made deals with illegal producers, have been dragging their feet in putting the new rules into force, the ministry said.

49.   Separately, the ministry said NTT could begin offering international phone service from Japan as soon as this summer.

50.   Slow economic growth has cut into tax revenues, the ministry said.