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kowenicki said:
Japan has been on this path for over a decade. It's nothing new, they have had their heads in the sand for a long time.

Pretty much. 

They've had this problem for a LONG time now.  Which they ignored only because their debt market was so large, because of the regular investors conservative investment nature and the fact that a lot of major investmnet funds are run by governmnet officials.