The following is a listing of some documents which highlight recent acquisitions
by the Japan Documentation Center. They are available for your examination. If
you are interested in obtaining any of the following (or other) titles, please
E-mail the document numbers with brief titles to: jdc[atx]loc.gov.

The Japan Documentation Center (JDC) would like to post some titles of recent
acquisition to this and some other lists from time to time.

If you would like to search other documents, please see "how to search JDC
documents over the INTERNET" at the end of this message. Also E-mail your
request to the above E-mail address.

RECENT ACQUISITIONS

DOC NUMBER: LRS95-6820
AUTHOR: Japan. Fair Trade Commission.
Secretariat.
TITLE: A fact-finding study on transactions
between large-scale retailers and suppliers [Daikibo kouri gyosha no nonyu
gyosha
tono torihiki ni kansuru jittai chosa]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Commission, 1995. 45 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated
and English abstract provided by the
Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-6826
AUTHOR: Japan. Environment Agency. Global
Environment Department. Planning
Division.
TITLE: A report of Special Committee on
Environment and Trade of the Discussion
Group on Global Environmental Issues
[Chikyuteki Kibo no Kankyo Mondai ni
kansuru Kondankai, Kankyo to Boeki ni
kansuru Tokubetsu I-inkai hokokusho]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency, 1995. 52 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated
and English abstract provided by the
Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-6771
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of Education.
Elementary and Secondary Education
Bureau.
TITLE: Outline of textbooks system [Kyokasho
seido no gaiyo]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Ministry, 1995. 1, 45 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated
and English abstract provided by the
Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-6769
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Economic Cooperation Bureau.
TITLE: Basic data on [Japan's] economic
cooperation [Keizai kyoryoku ni kansuru
kihon shiryo]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Ministry, 1995. 3, 87 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated
and English abstract provided by the
Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-6759
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of Labor. Employment
Security Bureau.
TITLE: A report on present situation of foreign
worker employment measures [Gaikokujin
koyo taisaku no genjo ni tsuite]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Ministry, 1995. 4, 20, 17 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated
and English abstract provided by the
Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-6751
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
TITLE: A study on price differences in domestic and foreign
consumer goods and services [Shohizai, shohisha muke sabisu ni kakawaru naigai
kakaku chosa] SOURCE: Tokyo, The Ministry, 1995. 14, 7, 31, 68 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-3310
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
TITLE: Outline of the telecommunications business in Japan.
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Ministry, 1995. 30 p.
NOTES: Text in English; abstract provided by the Japan
Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-3092
AUTHOR: National Center for Science Information Systems
(Japan).
TITLE: A fact-finding study on academic information
databases for FY1993 [Heisei 5nendo gakujutsu joho deta besu jittai chosa
hokokusho]
SOURCE: Tokyo, National Center for Science Information
Systems, 1994. 113 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-3090
AUTHOR: Japan. Management and Coordination Agency.
Statistics Bureau.
TITLE: Consumer price index (1990 base year): nationwide,
average in 1994 [Shohisha bukka shisu (Heisei 2nen kijun): Zenkoku, Heisei 6nen
heikin]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency, 1995. 20 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-2995
AUTHOR: Japan. Management and Coordination Agency.
TITLE: Results of reviewing semi-governmental special
corporations by each ministry/agency [Kakushocho ni okeru tokushu hojin no
mina'oshi kekka]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency, 1995. 15 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-2993
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of Labor. Women's Bureau.
TITLE: A draft bill to modify the Child-care Leave Law [Ikuji
Kyugyo-to ni Kansuru Horitsu no ichibu o kaisei suru horitsu-an ni tsuite]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Ministry, 1995. 13 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-2992
AUTHOR: Japan. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Copyright
Council. Subcommittee on Multimedia. Working Group.
TITLE: A report of discussion by the Working Group of the
Subcommittee on Multimedia, Copyright Council: Problems on legal systems related
to multimedia. [Chosakuken Shingikai, Maruchimedia Sho'i-inkai, Wakingu Gurupu
kento keika hokoku: maruchimedia ni kakawaru seidojo no mondai ni tsuite]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency, 1995. 112 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-2989
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of Finance.
TITLE: Measures by the Government of Japan and the
Government of the United States regarding financial services.
SOURCE: Tokyo, Ministry of Finance, 1995. 83 p.
NOTES: Text in English; abstract provided by the Japan
Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS94-14684
AUTHOR: Japan. Economic Planning Agency. Economic
Council. Committee on Infrastructure of Housing and Society.
TITLE: Report of the Committee on Housing and Social
Infrastructure [Jutaku Shakai Kiban I-inkai hokoku] SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency,
1994. 31, 42 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS94-14672
AUTHOR: Japan. Prime Minister's Office. Prime Minister's
Secretariat. Public Relations Office.
TITLE: A poll on Japan's diplomacy [Gaiko ni kansuru yoron
chosa]
SOURCE: Tokyo, Prime Minister's Office, 1994. 88 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS94-14637
TITLE: JIIA Conference "Awashima Forum II" on
Asia-Pacific Cooperation after the GATT Uruguay Round.
SOURCE: Tokyo, Japan Institute of International Affairs [1994]
ca 90 p. in various pagings
NOTES: Text in English and Japanese.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS94-14542
AUTHOR: Japan. Ministry of Labour. Employment Security
Bureau.
TITLE: Effect of Japan's shift to overseas manufacturing on
domestic employment [Seizogyo no kaigai shifuto ga kokunai koyo ni oyobosu eikyo
ni tsuite] SOURCE: Tokyo, The Ministry, 1994. 26 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS94-14128
AUTHOR: Japan. Prime Minister's Office.
TITLE: An annual report of the outline of measures taken for
physically and mentally handicapped persons in 1993: a summary [Heisei 5nendo
shogaisha no tameni kojita shisaku no gaikyo ni kansuru nenjihokoku: Yoshi]
SOURCE: Tokyo, Prime Minister's Office, 1994. 14 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS94-14126
AUTHOR: Japan. Environmental Agency.
TITLE: A basic environment plan (Draft) [Kankyo kihon
keikaku (An)]
SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency, 1994. 86, 6 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS94-13780
AUTHOR: Meeting of the Council for Protection of Consumers
(27th : 1994).
TITLE: Concrete measures for promoting protection of
consumers [Shohisha hogo suishin no gutaiteki hosaku]
SOURCE: Tokyo, Prime Minister's Office, 1994. 65 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-4054
AUTHOR: Japan. Management and Coordination Agency.
TITLE: An outline of a bill on promotion of decentralization
of power [Chiho bunken suishin ho'an yoko] SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency, 1995. 7,
10 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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DOC NUMBER: LRS95-4054
AUTHOR: Japan. Management and Coordination Agency.
TITLE: An outline of a bill on promotion of decentralization
of power [Chiho bunken suishin ho'an yoko] SOURCE: Tokyo, The Agency, 1995. 7,
10 p.
NOTES: Text in Japanese; citation title translated and English
abstract provided by the Japan Documentation Center.

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