1.   A senior finance official, who asked not to be named, yesterday told Bloomberg Business News the article was incorrect.

2.   According to Kiyoaki Sawada, a senior finance manager leading one team, these are not like ordinary project teams.

3.   Earlier, a senior finance bureaucrat, who asked not to be named, said the article was incorrect.

4.   He suggested the government spend money to lift the economy, a senior Japanese finance ministry official said.

5.   He spoke only a day before senior finance officials from the United States and the six other largest industrial economies are scheduled to meet in Germany.

6.   In the morning bonds dropped on comments by a senior finance ministry official over the weekend.

7.   Japanese bonds fell, as traders reacted to a statement by a senior finance ministry official that bond yields are too low and investors should be considering stocks.

8.   Japanese bonds were little changed, paring earlier losses, as traders reconsidered a weekend statement by a senior finance ministry official.

9.   Russian restructured loan principle rose after a senior finance ministry official told reporters he expected an agreement by February with the International Monetary Fund.

10.   Separately, a ministry financial trading inspector committed suicide tonight at his home, a senior finance ministry official said.