"There's very little money on the Japanese side for substantive policy-oriented intellectual joint studies."

The joint study is part of a shift toward increased cooperation, officials said.

A joint study on a free trade area was conducted, but is yet to be signed.

Her agency and City Hall are trying to work out terms of a $375,000 joint study.

The proposed park has been under joint study by the two countries since 1972.

It can be considered good practice to offer joint studies that stress a broad transnational perspective.

He also said that the countries "hope to start a joint study in the next few months" on the possiblity of building a second reactor.

Few students seem to be able to integrate their joint studies; instead they read two, often incomplete, halves.

The other states relied on a joint study that put the cost per ton of less than $3,400.

Two joint studies he has done since then tracking students ages 9 to 18 seem to confirm their impressions.