41.   Others point to the continuing banking crisis in Japan.

42.   One danger for the government is a banking crisis, driving furious depositors to the streets to demand their money back.

43.   Political upheaval, slackening demand for its high-tech exports and a potential banking crisis have rattled this once-solid country.

44.   Rodman also said the properties may be easier to sell if Japan can tackle its banking crisis.

45.   South Korea, suffering a banking crisis for more than a year, nationalized an ailing car company instead of pulling the plug.

46.   Still, on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin expressed concern that the Japanese authorities have not done enough to stimulate the economy and avert a banking crisis.

47.   That policy is thought to have helped avoid a debilitating banking crisis.

48.   The abrupt fall in stock prices here threatens to provoke a banking crisis as well as pose a huge political challenge for Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

49.   The banking crisis has been played down, too.

50.   The banks used the seats as collateral against loans from the government, which bailed out the banking system during the banking crisis that spanned the last few years.