Abe and Koizumi to a lesser degree keep wanting to change business in Japan, but it just does not happen.  Economists have been &quot;telling&quot; Japan to let Zombie companies die for over 25 years and little has changed.  Brokers intermediaries too, they have not been made redundant through efficiencies.<p>On the one hand it&#x27;s interesting to see a society buck the trend towards working out inefficiencies, on the other hand, they are not a closed market so they can&#x27;t just keep on going like this and hope things get better.