Banks such as Nomura, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland believe the recovery will not be sustainable. Goldman Sachs, among others, points to a risk of a “double dip”: that the economy sinks again in the first half of 2010. What the source will be of Japan’s long-term economic growth—not least as the population shrinks and ages—is even more uncertain.
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