(1)Diet passes bill on road privatization panel

(1)Diet passes bill on road privatization panel

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors meeting in a plenary session June 7 votes into law a bill to set up a panel to discuss privatization of four road-related public entities, one of priority projects under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reforms. The bill, cleared by the House of Representatives in April, will take effect June 17.

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