81.  At many Japanese companies, retiring chief executives become chairmen.

82.  At that time, Japan plans to allow Japanese insurance companies into small but lucrative niche markets now controlled by foreign firms.

83.  At the same time, many Japanese companies are building factories in Asia to take advantage of lower labor and transportation costs.

84.  At the same time, new jobs are created in Japan because assemblers need parts, materials and machinery -- exactly where Japanese companies are investing their money.

85.  At the time, Xerox was expanding into financial services to diversify its earnings sources at a time when its copier business was losing ground to Japanese companies.

86.  At the same time, foreign companies are buying up Japanese companies or increasing their stakes in corporations here.

87.  At the time, Japanese companies appeared to be far ahead in the field and well poised to repeat their victories in videocassette recorders and cameras.

88.  At the time, the lysine market was firmly controlled by two Japanese companies.

89.  At least a dozen Japanese companies now build log cabins with imported logs.

90.  At the same time, the supply of PCs has exploded as four Japanese companies -- including Sony and Toshiba -- entered the market.