Koito typifies the Japanese corporate establishment, ruled by cozy relationships that freeze out foreigners.

He severely criticizes the Japanese establishment, however - the news media included - for whitewashing the imperial failings.

There is still a demand for yen, at high interest, because of Japanese establishment in the East Indies.

But the Japanese establishment is fighting back.

Mr. Horie insisted the trial was political retaliation for his challenging the Japanese establishment.

He has also mortified the Japanese corporate establishment, which greatly prefers "friendly" - that is, silent - shareholders.

Is the Japanese establishment out to destroy an upstart who had the gall to try hostile takeovers and expand aggressively through acquisitions?

Voters jolted the Japanese political establishment today by choosing television personalities not affiliated with any party to lead the nation's two most important cities.

In this ambition, it's a long way from the Japanese establishment I sampled the following night, an appealing place called R-23.

"This is the first step in the move of the entire Japanese establishment to a 1992 expansion."