71.   But they are also a Japanese bank, and Japanese banks need cash.

72.   But the Japanese banks by and large have performed more poorly than competitors, and fears of Japanese dominance have subsided.

73.   But unlike Lazard, Goldman has increasingly turned to outsiders, including a Japanese bank and a trust in Hawaii, to increase its capital resources.

74.   But with operating profits rolling into the Japanese banks, the idea is unpopular with the public.

75.   But those days are over, at least for the foreseeable future, in part because Japanese banks are going through a liquidity crisis.

76.   By contrast, other Japanese banks are in headlong retreat from Europe and North America, closing branches and selling subsidiaries.

77.   But what you should most want to own are shares in Japanese banks that are destined to survive.

78.   But with Japanese banks reeling, and the Japanese currency in rapid decline, there is little hope that Japan will help anyone but itself.

79.   By breaking up the convoy, central bankers around the world hope to allow the Japanese banks weakened by bad loans to sink and the strong to survive.

80.   Capital of Japanese banks have depleted in recent years because of massive write-off of bad loans and a plunge in the value of equity portfolios.