I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the enforcement of Article 2, item 2 of Imperial Ordinance No. 567 of 1946 (concerning the restriction of securities holdings by companies, etc.), and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This sixth day of the second month of the twenty-second year of Showa (February 6, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of Agriculture and Forestry YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Minister of Commerce and Industry ISHII Mitsujiro Imperial Ordinance No. 44 In accordance with the provisions of Article 2, item 2 of Imperial Ordinance No. 567 of 1946, the following companies shall be designated: a. Japan Coal Company, Ltd. (Nippon Sekitan K.K.) b. Japan Fertilizer Company, Ltd. (Nippon Hiryo K.K.)