Ryutaro Hashimoto had been Mickey Kantor’s counterpart before becoming the head of the Japanese government.

桥本龙太郎在出任首相之前曾担任和米基·坎特一样的职务。

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To make things worse, then-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto was trying to reduce the government fiscal deficit - at the most inopportune time.

雪上加霜的是，首相桥本龙太郎正力图削减财政赤字，而他选择了一个最不恰当的时间。

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Ryutaro Kono, chief economist of BNP Paribas in Japan, says that given the fall in Japan's potential growth rate and the drop in inflation expectations, yields should normally have plunged.

法国巴黎银行在日本的首席经济学家河野龙太郎说如果日本潜在增长率下降同时通货膨胀预期下降，那么债券收益通常也会跳水。

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The last of his lieutenants to be made prime minister were Ryutaro Hashimoto and Mr Obuchi.

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The result of the non-binding referendum, while gloomily predicted, has plunged Ryutaro Hashimoto's government into further confusion.

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Ryutaro Hashimoto's ruling Liberal Democratic Party aims to introduce a package of bills in the next session.

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