1.   A draft proposal on deregulation measures that will be submitted to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto next month calls for repeal of restrictions currently on foreign ownership of Japanese airlines.

2.   A stronger Japanese currency eats into the competitiveness of Japanese airlines because most of their costs are paid in yen.

3.   All three airlines have been under pressure to slash prices to compete with larger foreign airlines as well as with small Japanese airlines offering cut-rate domestic flights.

4.   Fear of flying across the Pacific is costing Japanese airlines dearly.

5.   First class will also have what the Japanese airline believes will be the first on-board rice cooker.

6.   Foreigners can now own no more than a third of a Japanese airline.

7.   Hunnicutt told a Senate panel in June the U.S. would consider imposing sanctions on Japanese airlines if coming rounds of discussions fail to resolve the FedEx dispute.

8.   Hunnicutt told a Senate panel in June that the U.S. would consider imposing sanctions on Japanese airlines if coming rounds of discussions fail to resolve the FedEx dispute.

9.   Japan wants to curtail rights enjoyed by the three leading American carriers under the treaty and expand flights for Japanese airlines.

10.   Japanese airlines have frequently complained that they lack the same kind of beyond rights in the U.S. that United and Northwest have in Japan.