51.   Japanese insurance firms want to authorize a foundation of subsidiaries at their board meetings late June and early July.

52.   Japanese firms are having trouble finding ways to avoid foreign exchange losses arising from currency turmoil in Southeast Asia, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported, without citing sources.

53.   Japanese firms dominated the list, but there were also companies from France, Spain, Canada, Switzerland and South Korea.

54.   Japanese firms have a record of gaining a market toehold by selling below cost.

55.   Japanese optical firms had begun turning out world-class cameras.

56.   Meanwhile, Japanese firms have proved uniquely successful at transferring their own expertise across borders.

57.   Much of the industrial production in such countries as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia is underwritten by Japanese firms.

58.   Much of the two-day session dealt with the problems faced by foreign companies that wish to merge with or acquire a Japanese firm.

59.   Other Japanese firms are also scaling back.

60.   Philips and the Japanese firm have been embroiled in a long-running fight about patent-infringement, appearance, and antitrust claims.