51.   The low rates have helped banks by keeping their own borrowing costs down.

52.   The legislation would help banks and credit card companies recoup billions.

53.   The Japanese measures are aimed at helping banks saddled with non-performing loans.

54.   The measures are aimed at helping banks saddled with bad loans, Mitsuzuka said.

55.   The measures are aimed at helping banks saddled with bad loans by boosting sales of land held as collateral for the loans, Mitsuzuka said at a press conference.

56.   The price of helping the banks will certainly mount.

57.   The surge in fund investment helped banks that have seen their earnings underpinned by growing commission from fund management operations.

58.   Traders are still waiting to see if the government will announce measures to help banks clean up their bad loans and slow the decline in real estate prices.

59.   Voters are also likely to object to tax money being used to help banks tainted by recent scandals.

60.   Under the program, the Fund for Bank Savings Protection, the government helped weak banks by buying bad loan portfolios while requiring investors to inject fresh capital.