It is true that after the financial crisis struck there was no massive fall in the value of the Yen, but the combination of external pressures and internal difficulties--in the form of an overall default rate on bank lending of 14 %, the collapse of several financial institutions, and the economic sluggishness which has dogged Japan for the last seven years--has been enough to leave the Japanese government bruised and battered.
金融風暴爆發後，日圓雖然沒有鉅幅貶值，但整體高達百分之十四的銀行壞帳、多家金融機構岌岌不保、加上日本近七年來始終擺脫不掉的景氣低迷，內外交迫，足以讓日本政府焦頭爛額。