VOL. XLV

No 43

28-October-2002

GENERAL

Committee Debates Terms Of Reference For JNOC Asset Dispersal

The sub-committee of Japans Council on Natural Resources and Energy, appointed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) to study the rearrangement of the assets of the Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC), held its second meeting on 16 October. The committee is charged with assessing JNOCs equity and/or loans in 79 companies and deciding the benchmark by which assets should either...