1.   And in visual tests, it says, Japanese consumers cannot tell the difference between Kodak and Fuji photos.

2.   Any re-shipment of foreign rice overseas would likely counteract U.S. efforts to gain wider acceptance among Japanese consumers.

3.   As a result, Japanese consumers are enjoying some new measure of purchasing power.

4.   As a businessman and stock-car driver, Earnhardt knows the kind of lucrative market that could develop if Nascar can catch the fancy of the Japanese consumers.

5.   Asked whether the Japanese consumer electronics giant would be interested in buying an American television network, Idei would not comment.

6.   As television sets have grown larger and VCRs have multiplied into many homes, the Japanese consumer has stayed away from theaters in droves.

7.   At the same time, Japanese consumer spending has skidded after a series of tax increases last year.

8.   Avid savers even in boom times, Japanese consumers have reacted to recession by snapping their wallets shut, pushing prices down and driving retailers to the wall.

9.   Back then, Japanese consumers thought secondhand goods were as vulgar as prawn tempura served with ketchup.

10.   Before the tax increase, Japanese consumers spent more on things like autos, houses, electric appliances and furniture, the branch managers said.