Panel calls for shift to direct financing

Panel calls for shift to direct financing

TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa (L) receives a report from Shoichi Royama, president of Takaoka National College and chairman of a government advisory panel. The report called for a shift in Japan's financial system to direct financing centered in the capital markets from indirect financing channeled through bank lending.

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