11.   Main reasons to visit include camping and hiking on well-preserved nature trails.

12.   Other reasons included medical conditions that prevent sex, a partner with a medical condition that precludes sex, less sexual desire and medications that reduce sexual desires.

13.   Other reasons include a desire to conserve land, to keep the funeral simple or to keep the body out of the earth.

14.   Other reasons include asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and complications of pregnancies.

15.   Other reasons include mistrust of home contractors, inability to find anyone to make the repairs, and inability to go to a store to purchase supplies.

16.   Other reasons include sexual or physical abuse, neglect and abandonment.

17.   Other reasons include a job promotion, new business, marriage, divorce or developing a business or personal development plan.

18.   Other reasons include heady competition for entertainment and gambling dollars.

19.   Other reasons include the ease of traveling with a U.S. passport and a desire to work in government jobs off-limits to noncitizens.

20.   Otherwise, key reasons behind insolvencies included the strong yen, weak demand, falling prices and the Kobe earthquake, the research agencies said.