Mr. Abe's lead over Mr. Noda, as the most appropriate to become prime minister, also narrowed, though he still outscored his rival 37 to 31 percent.
The premium that investors demand to hold corporate and high-yield bonds has narrowed, though it remains far wider than it was early this year.
The latest official figures showed that manufacturing output was almost 5% higher in February than a year earlier, and the trade gap has started to narrow, though it is still running at more than £2bn a month.
But imports have been rising slower than exports, and the UK's trade deficit has narrowed (though it is still bigger than most would see as comfortable).
With increasing female advantage in education and a gradual unification of China's social security system, gender gaps in public transfers in China are likely to narrow, though by no means disappear, in the coming years.
The difference is narrowing, though -- the penalty was $325 per person last year, but $695 this year.
Among the progressed joints, the increase of the osteophyte score tended to be greater in the knees with higher rates of narrowing, though it did not reach the level of statistical significance.
The genetic pool remains narrow, though, and females make up barely one third of the population.
This standing bar is so narrow, though, that it shares its vault with a ramen noodle shop.
Mr. D'Arcangelo, who died in the early 1980's, had, in turn, paid homage to Mr. Buren by painting the inside of the box with two wide red stripes (narrower, though, than Mr. Buren's standard stripe of 8.7 centimeters or 3.4 inches).
