51.   But Miyazawa, the chairman of the meeting in this Japanese port city, said a second financial crisis was not likely.

52.   Dockworkers across Japan went on strike Wednesday to protest U.S. pressure to open up Japanese port services to greater competition.

53.   He said the commission complained that the meetings give Japanese companies early information on container standards and other information crucial to profit from serving Japanese ports.

54.   In April, Japanese port authorities found illegal stimulants hidden on a North Korean freighter.

55.   Longshoremen across Japan have returned to work, ending their nighttime strike to protest U.S. pressures for greater competition at Japanese ports, union officials said Friday.

56.   Now that France has ended its nuclear tests, Yokohama said Wednesday it is increasing subsidies for a French film festival in the major Japanese port city.

57.   North Korean ships will take delivery in Japanese ports, perhaps as early as this month.

58.   Russian crabs are certainly fresh because it takes only two days for them to reach Japanese ports after being caught.

59.   That support would include making Japanese ports and civilian airstrips available to U.S. forces.

60.   Such changes would ultimately benefit the Japanese people because costs in Japanese ports are among the highest in the world, Burns said.