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 SERI SERIAL:   OW1902103993
 COUN COUNTRY: JAPAN
 SUBJ*SUBJ:     MINISTRY TO STUDY PSYCHIC POWERS, UFO'S.FOR FUTURE INDUSTRY
 SOUR SOURCE:   TOKYO KYODO IN ENGLISH 0935 GMT 19 FEB 93
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 ((TEXT))   TOKYO, FEB.  .19 KYODO -- JAPAN' S. BUREAUCRATS ARE
 BEGINNING TO-TAKE THE BURGEONING NEW AGE INDUSTRIES SERIOUSLY WITH A
 PLAN TO STUDY SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA, INCLUDING PSYCHIC POWERS AND
 *EVEN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS  (UFOS), GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAID
 FRIDAY.
 THE MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (MITI) OFFICIALS
 SAID THE MINISTRY PLANS TO FORM A RESEARCH 'INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC
 STUDY OF ART, CULTURE, AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY -- SUCH AS -TELEPATHY AND
 CLAIRVOYANCE -- FOR APPLICATION'TO NEXT-GENERATION INDUSTRY.
 THE PROPOSED INSTITUTE, WHICH WILL LIKELY BE SET UP IN 1995,  IS
 THE BRAINCHILD OF A MITI PANEL ESTABLISHED LAST NOVEMBER TO STUDY
 CREATION OF AN INDUSTRY MORE' SENSITIVE TO HUMAN NEEDS FOR ART, INNER
 PEACE, AND OTHER INTANGIBLE THINGS.
 THE OFFICIALS SAID THE PANEL, COMPRISING KEY FIGURES FROM A
 VARIETY OF BUSINESS AND CULTURAL CIRCLES, IS ACCUMULATING DATA ON
 THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TEA CEREMONIES AND FLOWER
 ARRANGING ON THE STATE OF THE MIND THROUGH BRAIN WAVE CHECKS AND
 OTHER SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATIONS.
 *    THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH WILL ALSO BE TRIED WITH TELEPATHY, UFOS,
 AND OTHER PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL AND OCCULT PHENOMENA, LONG IGNORED BUT
 GAINING CREDIBILITY OF LATE IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.
 THE RESEARCH WOULD INCLUDE BRAIN WAVE CHECKS ON THOSE WHO CLAIM
 TO EXPERIENCE TELEPATHY OR STUDY OF SUCH PHENOMENA AS SOOTHING MUSIC
 TRIGGERING QUICKER GROWTH OF PLANTS.
 THE PANEL WILL DRAFT AN INTERIM REPORT ON ITS ACTIVITIES BY MAY
 PROVIDING CONCRETE IDEAS FOR THE PLANNED INSTITUTE.
 THE OFFICIALS SAID DISCOVERIES MADE AT THE INSTITUTE ARE LIKELY
 TO BE APPLIED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS TO INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY FOR
 AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING.
 ONE EXAMPLE OF THE POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS IS A HOME-USE DEVICE
 WHICH EMITS SUPERSONIC WAVES TO RELAX PEOPLE BY GIVING THEM THE
 ILLUSION THEY ARE SITTING IN A FOREST, THEY SAID.
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