11.   Time is also running out as the non-performing loans of commercial banks continue to mount due to the worsening economic situation.

12.   Unable to rely on bank loans to continue business operations, the number of bankruptcies is expected to rise.

13.   Analysts warned that bad loans would continue to grow amid growing corporate failures during the deep recession.

14.   But bad loans continue to grow as more borrowing turns sour amid a recession.

15.   But Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said yen loans would continue.