41.   Kutner said Japan was using the weak yen to boost exports, rather than implementing structural reforms to improve the purchasing power of its own consumers.

42.   Many European countries still need structural reforms, such as their costly social security systems and inflexible labor markets, Tietmeyer said.

43.   Lobbies and corporations with vested interests in the old system have blocked any real progress toward structural reform.

44.   Matos Azocar defended the budget overrun, by saying the government was tackling long-delayed structural reforms.

45.   Matos Azocar defended the budget overrun, saying the government was tackling long-delayed structural reforms.

46.   Most important among them is the discussion of what the administration intends to do about the higher unemployment that results from structural reform.

47.   Ministers and Governors urged Russia to adhere to its stabilization program and intensify structural reforms, especially privatization.

48.   Nemtsov, also first deputy prime minister, favors rapid deregulation and privatization in the structural reform of Russia.

49.   On structural reform, Ozawa skimmed over the other major issue of deregulating the economy, stressing that small and midsize companies must be protected in the process.

50.   On Friday, Economy Planning Agency Director General Koji Omi said the government will pursue economic structural reforms and consider cutting corporate and securities-transaction taxes.