We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.

While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.

He hasn't said so explicitly, but he's let it be understood that I was lying.

His secretary flatly denied leaking any confidential information.

The government has declared its intention to reduce taxes.