41.  South Korean officials are worried that they would lose key leverage in dealing with the North if Japanese food aid is sent there first.

42.  South Korean officials are worried that they would lose key leverage in dealing with their northern communist neighbor if Japanese food aid is sent to the North first.

43.  South Korean officials are worried that they would lose a key bargaining chip in dealing with the North if Japanese food aid is sent first.

44.  The government filed a criminal complaint Friday against an official of a major Japanese food company involved in a widening beef-labeling scandal.

45.  The president of a major Japanese food maker and four other executives will step down over a scandal involving two senior company officials accused of paying off gangster extortionists.

46.  The Red Cross already provides Japanese food for the Japanese hostages and Peruvian or Western food for the others.

47.  The seasoning is made by PT Ajinomoto, the local subsidiary of a large Japanese food company.

48.  They have been getting regular shipments of Japanese food as well as Japanese books.

49.  Worried that it would lose key leverage in dealing with the North if Japanese food aid were sent first, Seoul urged Tokyo to delay any shipment.

50.  Eighteen Japanese tourists were hospitalized Monday with food poisoning they believe they contracted from Japanese take-out food purchased in New York, a Japanese consulate spokesman said.