11.   As the surplus falls, it will tend to make the yen weaker and the dollar stronger.

12.   At Mitsubishi Motors, gains from the weaker yen will be offset by poor sales, analysts say.

13.   At the time, many analysts were worried that a weaker yen would cause a currency devaluation by China, aggravating an already troubling international economic crisis.

14.   Bergsten, director of the Institute for the Washington think tank Institute for International Economics, caused a stir when recently by criticizing Japan for seeking a weaker yen.

15.   Besides making their cars more expensive in Japan, it also eats into their earnings in weaker yen when the profits are converted into dollars.

16.   Bond traders said they were eyeing the effect on stocks of the weaker yen.

17.   -- The weaker yen.

18.   A firmer dollar and weaker yen also weighed on bonds.

19.   A rising chorus of officials on both sides of the Pacific have said they are comfortable with a weaker yen if it gets consumer prices headed up again.

20.   A strong dollar, and weaker yen, weigh on Japanese bonds by diminishing the allure of yen-denominated debt.