JAPAN ASKS BANKS TO MODERATE DOLLAR SALES - JIJI

  The Finance Ministry has asked commercial
  banks to moderate their dollar sales, JiJi News Agency
  reported, quoting financial sources.
      Finance Ministry officials were unavailable for comment.
  The report also could not be confirmed by several bank dealers.
      Earlier, Japanese trust banking sources said the Ministry
  had asked them to moderate their dollar sales.
      A Ministry official said earlier this week the ministry had
  recently surveyed currency transactions by investors, but
  declined to say whether this aimed at reducing their dollar
  sales.
  

