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BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	Japan: This Time, The Rebound Is For Real Several obstacles remain for Japan's recovery, but based on the Bank of Japan's latest quarterly survey of business sentiment along with other recent reports, chances for a lasting upturn look the best they have in a long time.
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Ian Rowley	Rebuilding Japan's Banks Prime Minister Koizumi's finance-sector overhaul is driving Japan's recovery. It has also kept him in power.
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 James Mehring	Japan: Taking A Turn for the Better Japanese companies are more confident; this optimism is an indication that the sickly domestic economy is being nursed back to health.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Brian Bremner	Japan's Recovery Looks Like The Real Thing The country's recent economic performance resembles a full-blown rebound.
BusinessWeek December 29, 2003 James Mehring	Japan: A Lot Of Drag On This Recovery Japanese business confidence is at levels not seen since 2000. But a strengthening yen and deflation are leaving Corporate Japan with a cautious outlook for 2004.
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	Japan: The Business Recovery Is Broadening Japan's corporate sector is doing better than economists thought. That means the nation's recovery remains on track, despite $50-per-barrel oil and slower global growth.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Brian Bremner	If Japan Is Back In Gear, Fasten Your Seatbelt After more than a decade of growth averaging 1% a year, the $4.7 trillion Japanese economy seems increasingly on solid footing, with huge implications for the region and for the global economy.
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FDIC FYI August 29, 2002	Strong Bank Earnings Reflect Nature of U.S. Downturn Second quarter 2002 earnings results for commercial banks show that the benefits of a steep yield curve continue to outweigh the costs of higher credit losses.
U.S. Banker February 2004 Karen Krebsbach	In Land of Rising Sun, Rays of Hope for Struggling Bank Sector Though Japan's banks have been ailing for more than a decade, the sector's pulse is strengthening. Signs of change are everywhere, as the four megabanks reported second-half 2003 profits for the first time in 20 years. Can the recovery last?
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BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Brian Bremner in Tokyo	Japanese Banks: From Pariahs To Objects Of Desire With the economy rebounding, the rally in these stocks may well hold up
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BusinessWeek July 5, 2004 Brian Bremner	Why Debt Could Drag Japan Back Down As interest rates climb, Tokyo's staggering obligations may bring on a full-scale fiscal crisis.
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The Motley Fool February 2, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	2 Banks Too Big for Their Own Good Mitsubishi UFJ and Mizuho are Japanese banks with lackluster opportunities for growth. Investors, take note.
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Entrepreneur November 2004 C.J. Prince	A Loan Time With small-business lending up across the board, now's a great time to get the capital you need.
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The Motley Fool May 25, 2004 Martin Hutchinson	Japan: Recovery at Last Is now finally the time to buy into Japan? Japan had a bubble in the late 1980s, like the U.S. had in the late 1990s. Now, after 13 years of decline, the market's 70% off its peak and looks like a buy for value investors.
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Investment Advisor January 2006 Palash R. Ghosh	S&P Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Japan Funds Get Imperial Treatment Mutual funds that invest in Japan have blossomed. The average Japan stock fund soared 32.8% in calendar 2005, and registered an average annualized gain of 27.2% over the three-year period.
BusinessWeek January 6, 2011 Thomasson & Kitanaka	Japan's Top Market Forecaster Sees a Brief Surge While Japan's economy remains troubled, Matsui says stocks will rally strongly in the next six months thanks in part to the weaker yen.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 Christopher Barker	When Will the Bleeding Stop? As Goldman Sachs' projected losses illustrate, the credit crisis tally is still growing.
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BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Aki Ito et al.	Japan's Massive Reconstruction Tab With government debt already twice GDP, a recovery plan may cost another 16 trillion yen.
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Bank Technology News November 2007 John Adams	Small Biz/Small Bank: Losing Out In Their Own Back Yard New research that's found that larger banks are processing small business loan applications much faster than community banks - a pace that can't be explained by their size advantage alone.