Panel calls for 'special regulatory reform zones'

Panel calls for 'special regulatory reform zones'

TOKYO, July 23 Kyodo - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), who chairs the government Council for Regulatory Reform, speaks at a news conference July 23 on his panel's report which called for ''special regulatory reform zones'' to promote Japan's deregulatory efforts and help reinvigorate the slumping economy.

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