1.   A Japanese builder has to contact a lumber supplier, a cabinet manufacturer, a flooring distributor, etc.

2.   A Japanese builder, says Ted Tanase, has to contact a lumber supplier, a cabinet manufacturer, a flooring distributor, etc.

3.   Japanese stocks fell, led by banks such as Tokai Bank Ltd. and construction companies such as Kajima Corp., amid concern about the financial health of Japanese builders.

4.   Mitsui Construction Co., a midsize Japanese builder, will receive financial assistance from four other member companies of the Mitsui group, the contractor said.

5.   While bridges, highway overpasses and train tracks were badly damaged, the earthquake highlighted the enormous progress made by Japanese builders in recent years.

6.   Haseko is a major Japanese builder of condominiums.

7.   New technology lets Japanese builders go deep underground.

8.   The move marks the latest attempt by a Japanese builder to breathe life back into the construction sector, hit hard by a decade-long slump in Japan.