[Goku]

Japan's economic situation is like a nightmare, which probably started the moment the government had to step after the economic bubble burst twenty years ago.

Government debt is probably approaching 200% of GDP, exports have declined by 50% in the past 12 months, rising unemployment and decline in business activity resulting in a reduction in tax receipts, aging population and increased spending on pensions, very low birth rate, a currency exchange which defies gravity (and logic).

A definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. Ongoing stimulus packages from an essentially bankrupt government with no economic credibility. All I can say is, I'm deeply concerned for Japan.