Compared to the US, where the recovery has been under way for a year and where the economy is peaking out, it is still unclear whether Japan is emerging from the hard times which followed the bursting of its bubble economy. Fortunately the people of Japan don't give up easily. "There has been non-stop debate about whether Japan's economy will continue to deteriorate or will slightly improve.
相較於目前已接近高峰的美國，泡沫經濟破滅後陷入蕭條的日本，情況一度曖昧不明，所幸大和民族終究不甘於一蹶不振：「本來日本國內還在為經濟到底是持續惡化還是略有好轉，爭論不休。