LOOKING FOR TRADE--State Development Director C. Lee Johnson adjusts his glasses as he speaks about the Governor's Business and Investment Mission to Japan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAFT TRADE MISSION--With the American, Ohio and Japanese flags in the background, Gov. Bob Taft gestures as he talks about his upcoming Business and Investment Mission to Japan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PITCHING COLUMBUS--Columbus Chamber of Commerce President Sally Jackson holds a brochure that she will take on the Governor's Business and Investment Mission to Japan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000. Jackson will join a delegation of business and community leaders in Japan, Jan. 28-Feb 6. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TRADE PARTICIPANT--David Smith, of Cincinnti's Cinergy Corp. gestures during a news conference concerning the upcoming Governor's Business and Investment Mission to Japan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)