But this time the foreign institutions said Tokyo had no hope of catching up within the next five years.

The financial institutions say they are getting into the tourism business not to make money but to burnish their image.

This is the first of what the two institutions say will be a continuing loan program.

Even if the development doesn't work out, the two institutions say they will still try to build a joint museum there.

The institutions all said they had done nothing wrong.

All the institutions say that tuition alone does not cover the cost of educating a student.

The 400-year-old institution said it was doing so to offer its education to a greater number of children.

But now there have been positive turns, both institutions said last week.

Many institutions that a decade ago operated by such rules say they no longer can.

So far, the institutions said they have not formally broached the subject.