31. Banks are cutting lending while they try and write off trillions of yen in irrecoverable loans they hold. 32. Creditors, especially ones whose loans aren't backed by collateral, would face potentially irrecoverable losses. 33. Once destroyed, it is irrecoverable . " The U . S . military accepted Liang s proposal. 34. Taiheiyo failed over the weekend with 170 billion yen worth of irrecoverable loans, mostly to real estate companies. 35. Among the biggest obstacles Japanese banks face in competing globally are the huge amount of irrecoverable loans they hold. 36. Ripplewood seemed well aware when it bought Long-Term Credit that many of its loans were basically irrecoverable . 37. Takemura said Japanese banking institutions have enough financial strength to cope with the 18 trillion yen of irrecoverable debts. 38. About 40 trillion yen ( dlrs 400 billion ) in irrecoverable debts have been reported by the banking community. 39. Today it reported the lowest number of bad loans, claiming 256.3 billion yen worth of irrecoverable loans. 40. Like Hanwa, many regional banks are carrying piles of irrecoverable loans made to land speculators during the booming 1980s.