111.   Since September, the Japanese government has confirmed three cases of madcow disease.

112.   Since September, Japan has confirmed three cases of mad cow disease -- otherwise known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

113.   The Australian consulate could not be immediately contacted, while the police said they were trying to confirm the case.

114.   The government has confirmed three cases of mad cow disease in Japan since September, sending beef prices plummeting as the Japanese public lost their appetite for meat.

115.   The Japanese government has confirmed three cases of BSE, the first outside Europe, since September.

116.   The Japanese government has confirmed three cases of mad cow disease since it was first discovered in the country in September.