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  COUNTRY:, JAPAN
  SUBJ: MINISTRY TO STUDY PSYCHIC POWERS, UFO'S FOR FUTURE INDUSTRY
  SOURCE: TOKYO KYODO IN ENGLISH 0935 GMT 19 FEB 93
  TEXT:
       ((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
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   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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