November 9, 1982

Before leaving office at the end of the year, Governor Carey will make a second trip to Japan to complete a deal with Hino Motors Ltd. to build buses in New York State, an aide close to the Governor said today. The aide confirmed that the trip was official, that it was related to negotiations with Hino and that it would occur before Mr. Carey's term of office ends. Stung by criticism of his trip to Japan in February 1981, Mr. Carey had said upon his return that New Yorkers would see ''immediate results'' of his efforts to sell the Empire State in the Orient.

Lawyers representing thousands of workers with asbestos-related claims against the Manville Corporation asked the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan yesterday to set aside Manville's bankruptcy petition on the ground that it was filed in bad faith and was an abuse of the bankruptcy procedure. In response, Manville said that its filing was ''appropriate and necessary'' and it was confident that the court would uphold the company's position. Manville also said that yesterday's action had been expected. Manville, the world's largest asbestos company, filed for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy laws on Aug.26, asserting that its financial health was threatened by the flood of litigation it faces from workers who have developed asbestosis, mesothelioma or other lung diseases as a result of their workplace exposure to asbestos.

Top executives of the nation's major oil companies, saying that their industry faces bleaker short-term prospects than in any recent year, asserted today that domestic demand for crude oil will remain flat for at least another year and that oil prices may fall. The oilmen made their predictions here at the American Petroleum Institute's annual meeting, which was also attended by James G. Watt, the Secretary of the Interior. Addressing more than 1,000 oil company officials, Mr. Watt pledged to continue the department's program of making vast areas, including publicly held lands and tracts on the outer continental shelf, available for oil exploration and production. The executives also said that the current overabundance of oil refining capacity and worldwide oversupplies of crude oil were forcing them to reduce their investments in oil exploration and the development of alternative energy sources.

Twenty-seven prisoners died and at least 43 persons were injured in a fire early this morning at the crowded county jail here. Thick, acrid smoke from the fire overcame a jailer who had the keys to many of the cells, and firefighters called in tow trucks and cables to rip away bars and cell doors to try to save the unconscious prisoners. As the jailer was being rescued, his keys were lost, delaying rescue efforts. The authorities said they believed a prisoner, Robert E. Pates of Granite City, Ill., started the fire in the foam padding in his cell. Mr. Pates, 31 years old, who had been arrested twice by Biloxi police in the last three days and was being held on a charge of ''lunacy,'' was charged with 27 counts of capital murder, said Albert Necaise, the District Attorney for Harrison County.

An article Sunday about a strike of Legal Aid lawyers incorrectly described a postponement of a request for an injunction. The postponement was accepted by the lawyers' union, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys. The Legal Aid Society is not a party to the suit.