1.  The Japanese stand to benefit from lower prices for consumer goods, Asher said, as well as lower land and asset prices.

2.  Malaysian Association of Private Colleges secretary general Teo Chiang Liang was keen to know the Japanese stand on quality of education in private universities.

3.  But he refused to comment on the Japanese stand on the aid issue.

4.  US State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, at a separate briefing, refused to comment on the Japanese stand on the issue.

5.  Most Chinese-language newspapers Saturday strongly criticised the Japanese stand.