61.   Japanese stocks fell, led by banks, after a financial daily said Sanyo Securities Co. will dissolve an affiliated finance company .

62.   Japanese stocks fell, led by banks, amid concern a scandal at Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. may spread, traders said.

63.   Japanese stocks fell, led by banks, amid concern that a scandal involving payoffs to a corporate racketeer may be industry wide.

64.   Japanese stocks may fall, led by banks, on investor concern that bankruptcies at home and abroad could add to already unwieldy bad-debt problems.

65.   Japanese stocks rose, led by banks on expectations the government will let them sell perpetual bonds and that commercial land prices may have bottomed out.

66.   Japanese stocks rose, led by banks, amid optimism the economy is not strong enough to allow the central bank to raise interest rates.

67.   Japanese stocks fell, led by banks such as Tokai Bank Ltd. and construction companies such as Kajima Corp., amid concern about the financial health of Japanese builders.

68.   Japanese stocks fell, led by banks, after Tokai Kogyo Co., a medium-sized contractor, filed for bankruptcy.

69.   Japanese stocks plunged, led by banks on pessimism over company bankruptcies at home and exposure abroad.

70.   Japanese stocks rose led by banks such as Fuji Bank Ltd. on expectations lenders will be able to clean up their bad loans.