71.   In the final agreement, Japanese automakers simply restated their existing internal plans to buy foreign car parts.

72.   In particular, the cut-backs from Japanese automakers hurt machine tool makers.

73.   In the meantime, Japanese automakers are roaring ahead.

74.   In the past decade, firms from auto manufacturers to retailers increasingly used just-in-time inventory techniques patterned on the practices of Japanese automaker Toyota.

75.   In the past, Japanese automakers have discouraged their dealers from selling American cars, a practice that would be illegal in the U.S..

76.   Instead, Japanese automakers themselves committed themselves to buying more U.S. parts.

77.   Investors are fretting even booming exports may not be enough to insure Japanese automakers achieve their sales targets for the year.

78.   It also wants Japanese automakers to buy more foreign parts for their vehicles and it is pushing Tokyo to ease restrictions on the market for replacement auto parts.

79.   It is cleaner and crisper than the generic blobs that Japanese automakers often turn out.

80.   Isuzu will be the first Japanese automaker to import a major autopart from China.