21.   Children shrieked in horror as they watched a street play Thursday depicting a hunter tearing the tusks out of an elephant for sale to a Japanese trader.

22.   Children watched solemnly as the play concluded with the hunter being paid by a Japanese trader.

23.   Currency traders predicted the dollar will strengthen next week against the yen as the temporary propping up of the yen by Japanese traders earlier this week wears off.

24.   Japanese traders also have keen interest in the project.

25.   Japanese traders blame the decline on Hong Kong.

26.   Japanese traders said the Bank of Japan also disappointed expectations of a key lending rate cut, spurring some market players to sell dollar holdings.

27.   Okura and Co., a Japanese trader that recently announced it was facing a cash-flow crisis, will file for bankruptcy Friday, a company official said.

28.   The dollar was higher against the yen at midday Friday, as Japanese traders ignored complaints by U.S. automakers about the strong dollar.

29.   The dollar was higher against the yen early Friday, as Japanese traders ignored complaints by U.S. automakers about the strong dollar.

30.   The dollar was higher against the yen Friday, as Japanese traders ignored complaints by U.S. automakers about the currency being too strong.