21.   The Thai government bonds may be a tough sell, according to Japanese bankers.

22.   Traders sold dollars after weeks of warnings from Japanese central bankers who said they were prepared to sell dollars to curb its two-year rally.

23.   U.S. and Japanese central bankers took the unusual step of intervening in the currency exchange markets last week to bolster the sliding yen.

24.   Various Japanese bankers have said that the government is already providing a disguised form of assistance to struggling banks.

25.   Japanese bankers had hoped to wait out the recession at home until land prices recovered.

26.   Japanese bankers, however, were expected to reject the request.

27.   According to the Japanese bankers association Zenginkyo, there are no fixed rules on how the banks should provide for these outstanding loans.

28.   The opposition appears to know it is in their economic self-interest to avoid attacks on foreigners, the Japanese banker said.

29.   The scale of the investigation showed that Shanghai was not an exceptional city, said a Japanese banker.

30.   Zedillo is to meet with top Japanese bankers and business leaders as well as with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Emperor Akihito.