| 1. | Almost all the negative factors Japan faced last year remain the same,
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| 2. | He cited some negative factors which still remain unclear at the present.
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| 3. | Negative factors include declining housing starts and weakening business confidence, it said.
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| 4. | He added that overcapacity in the industry was still a negative factor.
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| 5. | Another negative factor was the dollar's fall to 104 . 00 yen.
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| 6. | In the current climate, such close identification could be a negative factor.
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| 7. | Unfortunately, none of those negative factors has changed as we enter 2003.
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| 8. | I don't recall it having a negative factor in my mind ."
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| 9. | I don't think ( not winning since 1949 ) is a negative factor.
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| 10. | Matsushita said the economy is growing more vulnerable to negative factors.
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