去年，由于经济衰退，日本企业没有从中国购买足够的稀土。

Last year, due to the economic depression Japanese companies didn't buy enough amounts of rare earths from China.

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由于经济衰退，许多日本企业被推到生死存亡的边界，需要外资的帮助才能存活。

Thanks to the recession, many Japanese firms are being pushed to the brink and will need the help of outsiders to survive.

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过去的一年是艰难的一年，由于经济衰退，人们越来越不愿为了环保而花大价钱。

The past year has been a rough one. People are less disposed to make costly gestures towards environmental protection in a slump.

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That's why when we officially entered the recession or the challenging situation caused by the financial crisis, I keep asking myself, "What should we do?"

由于金融危机而导致的经济衰退,使得公司处于困境，我一直自问，我们能做些什么？

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I think the 2001--if you want to have a story about it the 2001 recession was caused by the end of the stock market boom.

我认为2001年-如果你想听听它的故事,2001年的经济衰退时由于,股票市场繁荣昌盛的结束引发的。

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The idea that emerged the memory of the '81-82 recession is very strong in our imagination because we think that it was caused by lax monetary policy by liberal thinking by the soft-hearted liberals who just didn't want to create any pain and suffering.

出现的观点,在我们的想象中,81-82年的经济衰退很严重,因为我们认为它是由于,松懈的货币政策，不拘一格的思想,那些仁慈的不想制造任何痛苦和疲劳的,自由主义者引发的。

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