1.   He was embarrassed to learn he had been too hasty in judging Hashimoto, who explained that early Japanese expeditions lacked a notion of protecting nature.

2.   A Japanese expedition found the bodies.

3.   A Japanese expedition later found the bodies.

4.   Ali Hassan, who heads the Pharonic department at the Egyptian Antiquities Authority, said the Japanese expedition had not finished its work.

5.   He was the only one of a four-man Japanese expedition to reach the peak.

6.   Kohli said he got his information from three other Indian climbers who were in touch with the Japanese expedition.

7.   The Indians allege that the three climbers who died in their expedition could have been saved if a passing Japanese expedition had rescued them.

8.   The Japanese expedition has so far denied any wrongdoing.