Prospects for Japan acting as a global economic locomotive and of playing a role in poverty reduction and economic development are, for now, almost nil. Indeed, Japan's current growth is being driven overwhelmingly by trade with China - a country with only one-thirtieth of Japan per capita GDP!
日本黯淡的前景对全世界都没有好处，因为它毕竟是全球第二大经济强国。现在来看，日本作为全球经济的火车头、在消除贫困和经济发展中发挥作用的可能性近乎为零。事实上，日本目前的增长主要依靠对华贸易的驱动－而中国的人均国民生产总值不过是日本的三十分之一！