11.   It also makes microscopes, ophthalmic products and other precision machinery.

12.   Manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and high-tech, precision machinery are suffering less than textile and watch makers because they have less international competition.

13.   Precision machinery issues and electronics were among other gainers.

14.   The national newspaper Yomiuri said Thursday that the cult had bought large quantities of precision machinery that could be used to make rifles.

15.   The park will house manufacturers of semiconductors and microelectronics-based precision machinery and those developing agriculture-biology and other technologies, the council said.

16.   The report, in the financial newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun, also led to declines in the shares of other precision machinery makers such as Canon Inc.

17.   The story, which appeared in the influential Nihon Keizai Shimbun, also led to declines in the share of other precision machinery makers such as Canon Inc.

18.   On shipments, the ministry highlighted a rise in precision machinery, but noted declines in shipments of transportation machinery, electrical machinery and chemicals.

19.   The four sectors with good forecasts are domestic demand-backed industrial machinery, information, precision machinery and telecommunications.