21.   Japanese bureaucrats long have accepted expensive gifts from private companies.

22.   Japanese bureaucrats and government officials, who were sharply criticized in the wake of the earthquake for slowness and ineptitude, acted swiftly.

23.   Japanese bureaucrats have long accepted lavish attention from the private sector.

24.   Japanese bureaucrats long have accof institutions to quit when subordinates have been accused of wrongdoing.

25.   Kantor was provided with summaries of conversations between Japanese bureaucrats and executives from Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., the report said.

26.   Skepticism also remains whether Japanese bureaucrats, more used to propping up poorly managed banks, will really let them fail.

27.   The U.S. dollar fell against the Japanese yen in early Thursday trading in Tokyo on reported remarks by an influential Japanese bureaucrat, while Tokyo stock prices rose moderately.

28.   The U.S. dollar fell against the Japanese yen Thursday in Tokyo on reports that an influential Japanese bureaucrat said he had no plans to push the yen lower.

29.   The U.S. dollar fell against the Japanese yen Thursday morning in Tokyo on reported remarks by an influential Japanese bureaucrat, while Tokyo stock prices rose moderately.

30.   Japanese bureaucrats complain of enormous stress which is widely considered to be escalating.