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Japan did not and does not need economic advice from the US? Exactly where did this come from? As recently as 1992-2001 Japan experienced a decade long recession with 'stim pkgs' in 1996 alone total more than 6. The US economic policy does not translate well to Japan economy due to fact that Japans manufactering base accounts for 20% of it's GDP! (UK Guardian
Feb.20/2009 ) excerpt below from same article:
"reason Japan is weak is that it has too much (20% of GDP, compared with 10% in Britain), making precisely the things that everyone has just stopped buying, such as cars and fancy televisions."