The greater scale does not alter the fact that, in principle, the Japanese banking crisis has much in common with the problems faced, and dealt with, in America and Scandinavia.

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The plan, designed to stabilise the banking system and government finances, was agreed in principle last week.

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The Vatican's banking and other scandals are of a different magnitude, but the principle is the same: The Church cannot restore its stature while coddling wrongdoers.

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