Considering that only 12 nations participated, including Australia, Finland, and Japan, our next-to-last performance was pretty abysmal.

考虑到只有12个国家参加，包括澳大利亚、芬兰和日本，我们倒数第二的表现相当糟糕。

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Ome, Japan: a geisha before a performance.

日本青梅：上台表演前的艺伎。

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Even the governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, acknowledges that the country's near-zero interest rates undermine corporate performance.

即使是央行日本银行的行长白川方明，也承认近零的利率损害了公司绩效。

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Still, the Bach Collegium Japan delivered a performance of gently glowing beauty, with Bach in consoling rather than apocalyptic mode.

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Nigerian coach Christian Chukwu praised Japan's performance but said he was not too concerned by the defeat, given that he expected only two of Wednesday's 11 to make it into the team for the Nations Cup.

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The problem is that better-than-expected performance in Japan was offset by disappointing demand in Europe.

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