Despite its two decades of economic malaise, Japan remains the world’s third-largest economy, and will grow by about 2% this year and 1.5% in 2013. Given the economic doldrums in which the world finds itself, that may not seem so bad.
虽然20年来经济一直萎靡不振，但日本仍然是世界第三大经济体，今年将会增长2%左右，2013年将会增长1.5%。鉴于全球目前低迷的经济状况，日本的现状似乎并没有那么糟糕。可如果日本想有效解决其财政困境，就必须维持比上述更快的增长幅度。