61.   Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said the governmental accord excluded set numerical targets to measure increasing U.S. sales.

62.   The deal, however, contains no specific numerical targets, which Washington had wanted but the Japanese government strongly resisted.

63.   The government had rejected the numerical targets and said it could not force companies to buy American products.

64.   The government had rejected the numerical targets as being equal to quotas and managed trade and said it could not force companies to buy American products.

65.   The Japanese contend the plans are nothing more than a way to set numerical targets for U.S. exports, something it has vowed never to do.

66.   The Japanese view the agreements as the equivalent of setting numerical targets that must be met by Japanese companies regardless of market conditions.

67.   The plan calls on the government to set numerical targets by the end of this year to improve capacity utilization at electric power companies, Kyodo said.

68.   The Tokyo government says such numerical targets would violate free trade.

69.   The Tokyo government considers such benchmarks to be numerical targets, which it denounces as managed trade.

70.   They say Japan does not want numerical targets in an auto agreement because Tokyo hopes to continue protecting its market.