1.   Among other measures, the ministry will ask that banks hire independent certified public accountants to audit bank records.

2.   Among other measures, the ministry will ask that banks hire independent certified public accountants.

3.   Few traders expect the ministry to ask the Bank of Japan to sell dollars anytime soon, especially when the dollar trades at current levels.

4.   He suggested the ministry may ask the Bank of Japan to sell dollars for yen soon.

5.   However, today the ministry asked securities houses to recommend a coupon rate for the new bond, a sign it will hold the auction tomorrow, traders said.

6.   In another review, the Canadian health ministry asked two University of Toronto physicians to review the cases of Canadian patients who had received antineoplastons.

7.   Late last year, the ministry asked the lenders to compile figures for both bad loans and loans they were unlikely to recover.

8.   Mitsuzuka and other key Japanese Finance Ministry officials recently warned repeatedly that the ministry may ask the Bank of Japan to sell dollars to keep the yen from falling.

9.   That suggested the ministry may ask the Bank of Japan to sell dollars to weaken the currency.

10.   The ministry also asked banks to hire independent certified public accountants to audit overseas branches.