JAPAN HOUSE BUDGET TALKS TO REOPEN NEXT WEEK
Japan's ruling and opposition parties
agreed to reopen talks on the budget for the fiscal year ending
March 31 1988 when the Lower House Budget Committee meets next
Tuesday, a parliamentary official said.
    He said officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
and the opposition parties agreed at a meeting of the
committee's board of directors.
    Strong opposition objection to government tax reform
proposals including a controversial sales tax has delayed
deliberation by the Lower House Budget Committee.
 REUTER
