Continued government support will, most likely, offset some of this. With another election expected next year, Tokyo has already begun discussing another pump-priming package.

• 如果政府支持延续下去，通缩风险很有可能被部分抵消。鉴于日本明年还有一次选举，东京已经在开始讨论再次出台经济刺激计划的问题。