http://www.ustr.gov/node/64/206,105/10en-usThe United States remains actively engaged with Japan on a broad agenda of regulatory and related reforms to further open Japan 's market and help spur greater economic growth and competition through new commercial opportunities and improvements to Japan's business environment.The focal point for this intensive engagement has been the U.S.-Japan Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative (Regulatory Reform Initiative), launched in mid-2001 and now in its eighth year.http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/fact-sheets/2009/january/reform-agenda-japan-yields-results01/11/2009http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/factsheets/2008/asset_upload_file501_14993.pdf07/04/2008http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/U.S.-Japan-Regulatory-Reform-and-Competition-Policy-Initiative.pdf06/06/2007