A year on, the crunch continues. Indeed, recent data suggest that Europe and Japan are flirting with recession.

一年之后，危机仍在继续中，实际上近期数据表明欧洲和日本正在应对经济衰退。

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Indeed, recent data suggest that Europe and Japan are flirting with recession.

诚然，最近的数据表明欧洲和日本正在应对经济衰退。

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This pattern is likely to be echoed in Europe and Japan, with recession somewhat less steep and recovery somewhat less strong.

欧洲和日本可能出现同样的格局，只是衰退幅度略小，恢复也不太强劲。

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Many voters were dissatisfied with the L.D.P.and its reaction to Japan's worst recession since the Second World War.

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But there are concerns that Japan and the United States could face a "double-dip" recession.

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The recession may also be ending in Japan.

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But that strategy led to overcapacity in the 1990s when the bubble burst, plunging Japan into recession.

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It's not alone in its struggles figures earlier Thursday showed Japan in recession while the U.S. economy was flat in the final quarter of 2012, according to Eurostat.

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The IMF is also saying that there is a 15 percent chance of a double dip in the U.S. in 2013, a 25 percent chance of a recession in Japan and a guaranteed recession in southern Europe, with an 80 percent chance at least throughout the entire euro zone, the dominant economy on Earth.

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