RESEARCH - The Bank of Japan's Bank Examination and Surveillance Department has issued a report on 'Japanese Financial Institutions' Efforts to Address Their Management Tasks'. This is a translation of the summary of the report in Japanese released on April 8, 2002. The English version of the full report, which will be published in the August 2002 issue of the Bank of Japan Quarterly Bulletin, can be obtained by clicking the link on the right.

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