31.   Some are owned by Japanese corporations that invested in Hawaiian property.

32.   That could raise borrowing costs for Japanese corporations looking to issue bonds.

33.   The agency excludes shipbuilders and utilities because they are considered too volatile to use in monitoring trends in capital investment by Japanese corporations.

34.   That number excludes orders from shipbuilders and electric utilities because they are considered too volatile to use in monitoring trends in capital investment by Japanese corporations.

35.   The agency excludes orders from shipbuilders and utilities because they are considered too volatile to use in monitoring trends in capital investment by Japanese corporations.

36.   That, in turn, could raise borrowing costs for Japanese corporations looking to issue bonds.

37.   The announcement was that a Japanese corporation had purchased Salem College and was dropping football.

38.   The Japanese government set up a crisis room to handle the situation, as did several Japanese corporations that have business executives who are being held hostage.

39.   The promotion represents the first time a foreigner has assumed such a prestigious role in a major Japanese corporation.

40.   The reformers have said they want to open the coddled Japanese economy, in large measure because the plethora of regulations are harming the competitiveness of Japanese corporations.