The question for Japan is whether or not the country will continue to tumble down the list of the world’s great economies, or whether its politicians will return to a path of reform that can revive growth. That the ruling Democratic Party of Japan now seems trapped in a power struggle between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and party power broker Ichiro Ozawa suggests that serious economic reform is not at the top of the DPJ agenda.
东京——中国如今已正式取代日本成为世界第二大经济体。 日本的问题是其世界经济排名是会继续下滑，还是会重新走上恢复增长的改革道路。 执政的日本民主党目前身陷首相菅直人与政治掮客小泽一郎权力斗争的事实表明严肃的经济改革并不是民主党眼中的头等大事。