With the largest amount of debt relative to the size of its economy among the rich countries, and a stubborn deflation problem to boot, Japan has an economic time-bomb ticking beneath it.

相对于经济总量来看，日本的债务规模是发达国家中最大的。另外，它还面临着顽固的通缩难题。

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The company doesn't face an imminent debt bomb, having no big bond maturities until 2006.

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By that measure, the U.S. still has some time before the debt bomb explodes.

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At the same time Japan faces a debt bomb at home, it is also the world's largest creditor.

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