41.  Among the leading declining stocks were Japanese companies, as trade relations continued to sour between Japan and the United States.

42.  An executive for the Japanese company, has already pleaded guilty in the case, federal officials say.

43.  Analysts are skeptical that shipments will resume tomorrow, as Japanese trading companies had indicated earlier this month.

44.  Analysts expect announcements of similar products from Japanese companies in the next few months.

45.  And Altman said so in bylined Op-Ed articles, even as he helped Japanese companies make more deals.

46.  And if this cuts into sales by Japanese companies, the long-sought economic recovery could run into trouble.

47.  And in the last few years, shareholder advocacy has led to a growing number of lawsuits against Japanese companies.

48.  And even some Japanese companies are writing off investments they made in office buildings, golf courses, movies studios and other trophy properties around the world.

49.  And in clothing as in other matters, Japanese companies get away with practices that would land them up to their eyeballs in lawsuits in the U.S.

50.  And Japanese companies are more openly espousing globalism.