21.   According to Ad Age, Subaru is the first Japanese automaker to target a gay market.

22.   According to Japanese press reports, representatives from top Japanese automakers have arrived in Geneva with a raft of proposals to defuse the sanctions time bomb.

23.   All three said the weakening yen is helping Japanese automakers who export to North America.

24.   Burned badly by the strong yen, Japanese automakers are moving production offshore and slashing exports.

25.   But because of its alliance with Ford Motor Co., which owns controlling interest in the Japanese automaker, Mazda no longer builds pickups.

26.   But in Southeast Asia, Japanese automakers are likely to take the hardest hits because they have more factories.

27.   But in the meantime, the sanctions will be running, potentially hurting Japanese automakers at a time they can little afford it.

28.   But Japanese automakers and their dealers could limit the impact of the tariffs, at least in the short term.

29.   But Japanese automakers did not, and they leaped ahead in quality and productivity for a while.

30.   But the Japanese automaker got some measure of vindication.