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It's 'do or die' time for Japan

Japan needs fresh blood to stay out of zombie territory

Curse of quarterly report haunts global markets

Fed looks like a gambler going for broke as interest rates approach zero

Death of corporate bonds worth investigating

The US is already Japan, only worse off Worldly Wise

Hanging in the balance is Japan's economic outlook.

Japan awaits Buffett's approval

The price of pollution in economic terms has not been fully appreciated and the industrial world can't afford to be dictating cuts on emissions

Waning demand for the greenback has started off a modern-day gold rush

The country's revolving-door politics is making its domestic challenges insurmountable and harming its image abroad

Economists were probably too busy watching markets gyrate to contemplate last month's big news in science