01848cas a2200313 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003176 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451820638 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Japan : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-Fiscal Transparency Module-Update. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (6 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper presents an update to Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)-Fiscal Transparency Module for Japan. Under the Fiscal Investment and Loan Program (FILP) reform initiated in 2001, the size of FILP has been significantly reduced. The government is moving toward privatizing four public highway corporations-recipients of large loans from the FILP-and the postal services. Efforts to minimize the use of supplementary budgets have been made. The economic and fiscal model underlying the medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal projections has been made available for open scrutiny. Mode of access: Internet Budget imf CR imf Economic Policy imf Government imf ISCR imf Japan imf IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2004/262 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2004/262/002.2004.issue-262-en.xml IMF e-Library