Unemployment is at a record 4.9 percent and rising.
Investors see few Japanese companies worth buying, and banks are at the heart of the troubles.
Their reckless lending pumped up real estate and stock prices until the bubble deflated in the early 1990s. The idea was to rebalance the books and allow banks to grow out of the red. . That question is roiling China's bureaucracy. The moderates want to see legal amendments that allow courts, not security personnel using administrative fiat, to decide whether to detain an individual. As part of its accession to the World Trade Organization, New Delhi must eliminate quantitative restrictions on consumer goods by April 1.