101.  Both abroad and at home, Japanese companies are becoming less dependent on Japanese banks for raising capital, Akiba said.

102.  Both are Japanese companies, but they have shares, called ADRs, that trade in the United States.

103.  Both engines are products of Suzuki, as is all of the Metro, which is built by the Japanese company in Ingersoll, Ontario.

104.  -- After months of optimistic statements, the Sony Corp. today became the latest Japanese company to acknowledge serious problems with a landmark American investment.

105.  A consortium including Japanese trading company Itochu Corp., oil companies Japan Energy Corp. and Teikoku Oil Ltd. will sign a oil drilling contract with the government of Azerbaijan.

106.  A contentious meeting of top-level officials from MCA Inc. and its Japanese owner has ended with the Japanese company saying it would not cede greater control to MCA executives.

107.  A Japanese government advisory panel urged the government to revise the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law to allow Japanese companies to begin foreign exchange transactions.

108.  A former Ford executive will also become president of the Japanese company.

109.  A higher dollar helps Japanese companies by increasing the value of profit earned abroad and easing pressure to raise prices overseas.

110.  A higher dollar increases the yen value of profits earned by Japanese companies overseas and allows them to lower prices on products sold abroad.