21.   Apple has been left out of the Japanese market for so-called sub-notebook computers, a fast-growing segment of computer sales in Japan.

22.   As NTT remolds itself for battle in a more liberalized market, other companies have also moved to secure their position in the Japanese market.

23.   As a whole, U.S. carmakers have lagged their European counterparts in the Japanese market.

24.   At a recent conference sponsored by Morgan Stanley, Biggs said there was a strong consensus that in the months to come the Japanese market would see new lows.

25.   Aside from its perennial battle to open up the Japanese market to U.S. goods, Washington wants a flourishing Europe that will offer greater trade opportunties for American manufacturers.

26.   At the time, Kantor said the U.S. would ask the Geneva-based WTO to solve the Japanese market access problems once and for all.

27.   Auto and electronics makers, which are internationally competitive and offer strong products, have been one of the bright spots of the Japanese market.

28.   Because the Japanese market has been closed, prices are non-competitive there, Gerson said.

29.   Behind the delay is the fragmented nature of the Japanese market.

30.   BELGIAN stocks rose as a recovery in the Japanese market, stable interest rates and a continuing rally in U.S. stocks boosted exporters like Solvay SA and Bekaert SA.