61.  And traders say even a stronger dollar is doing little to help Japanese companies.

62.  Another industry where the Mazda pattern might be played out is petrochemicals, where Japanese companies are ill prepared to compete against larger international competition, said analysts.

63.  And with Japanese companies increasingly reliant on capital markets, not banks, for financing, global investors cannot be ignored.

64.  Apple is also talking to Japanese companies about building a variety of new products including television sets to be used in interactive TV systems, Apple officials have said.

65.  Another reason is the desire of recession-plagued Japanese companies to cut costs by introducing computers and by replacing mainframes with smaller machines.

66.  As a group, Japanese companies are looking forward to their third straight year of steady profit growth.

67.  As a result of the number of bad investments, many Japanese companies are now taking flight.

68.  As a result, Japanese companies and individuals can now freely open accounts overseas and invest much more easily in foreign markets.

69.  As for Erector, the toy line was bought last year by Nikko, a Japanese company specializing in remote control cars.

70.  Around the time the factory was ready, she started to design a collection of sportswear in her own name for Onward Kashiyama, a Japanese company.