41.   Mondale cited the sales of American beef in Japanese supermarkets and semiconductor sales to Japanese electronics concerns.

42.   Meantime, the politically sensitive trade deficits with China and Japan, both widened as Americans snapped up Chinese clothing and shoes, and Japanese electronics and autos.

43.   Nomura Securities Co. raised its investment opinion of Japanese electronics companies.

44.   Oki is the second Japanese electronics company in a week to report a profit surge on chip demand.

45.   On the opposite side are Time Warner and the Japanese electronics and computer maker, Toshiba, which together are pushing their own version.

46.   On Tuesday, the company announced that it would spin off its hard disk business into a joint venture with Hitachi Ltd., the Japanese electronics maker.

47.   Oki is the second Japanese electronics company in a week to have seen profits surge on chip demand.

48.   Osaka is the headquarters of Japanese electronics giants such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Sharp Corp.

49.   Other Japanese electronics companies are also moving to scale back TV output in Vietnam, or to postpone plans to start production.

50.   Sanctions by the United States against imports of some Japanese electronics products helped put Japanese electronics companies at the forefront of the exodus to Southeast Asia.