1.   Four months ago, he released Virgin Cola in the United Kingdom and recently began distributing the soda to a big Japanese supermarket chain.

2.   Forget reading the labels in a Japanese supermarket.

3.   Mondale cited the sales of American beef in Japanese supermarkets and semiconductor sales to Japanese electronics concerns.

4.   Sales at Japanese supermarket chains and department stores declined in December as companies spent less during the gift-giving season, industry associations said.

5.   Sunrise Mart is a Japanese supermarket.

6.   The meat is sold in Japanese supermarkets and restaurants.

7.   Also Friday, speculation rose that troubled Japanese supermarket operator Mycal Corp. would file for bankruptcy, although Mycal denied the Japanese media reports.

8.   Daiei Inc., a major Japanese supermarket chain, said Tuesday it will start flying in all the beef the store imports from the United States.

9.   Extortion is suspected in sewing needles found in bread at a Japanese supermarket, police said Friday.

10.   Japanese supermarkets pulled Snow Brand beef from their shelves, and schools stopped using it in school meals.