61.   The ministry also plans to undertake another overseas stock sale next year and auction a large portion of its shares to a strategic partner, the newspaper said.

62.   The ministry plans to abolish measures requiring all companies other than banks to be licensed before they can engage in foreign exchange trading, it said.

63.   The ministry plans to ask the Insurance Council, an advisory panel to the finance minister, to study the deregulatory measure, the Nihon Keizai said.

64.   The ministry plans to invite scientists and engineers from Asian countries to join the project at its research center in Kobe, western Japan, they said.

65.   The Russian foreign ministry is planning a signing ceremony on Saturday to be attended by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.

66.   The Swedish foreign ministry has already planned to launch a similar campaign in the coming weeks.

67.   Tsutsumi said both the trade and finance ministries planned to explain the effectiveness of the package to officials of other countries.

68.   Jiji Press also said Saturday that the finance ministry planned to curb the growth in ODA budget to one percent or less.

69.   Takemura said the ministry also planned to deregulate yen-denominated lending abroad by Japanese insurance companies.

70.   Takemura said the ministry also planned to deregulate yen-denominated offshore lending by Japanese insurance companies.