In both cases, the causes are predictable and there is nothing to be surprised. Complement the information with some notes that are not explained clearly:

The first problem, the tax increase: After the lowering of the rating agencies to debt in many European countries, including France, Japan fears that the country may lose the AAA rating and the interest you pay is more expensive. With a deficit of more than 200% for any variations in the interest would be fatal. So I have seen the wolf ears and reduce the deficit have decicido about what might happen. How? Raising taxes.

The second, the trade imbalance: In addition to the damage caused by the tsunami to the car manufacturing plants in Tohoku have to mention the damage that caused flooding in Thailand, where many Japanese car companies have factories The automotive industry is a major source of export.

Exports have fallen and imports have risen, gas in this case, because the number of nuclear plants that have been taken out of service has increased to 94% today ( http://www3.nhk.or.jp/ daily / english / society.html ). Only 3 of the 54 nuclear power plants in Japan remain operational, and in April there will be no if you continue the policy of local governments not to allow its implementation to clarify what happened in Fukushima, so you have to replace 30% of the share of electricity generation to contribute in some way, one of which is increasing the production of power plants, other energy saving.

You say that Japan has not escaped the global crisis but really not that was affected by the financial crisis in Europe or the U.S., but all services causes the country itself.

In any case the world ends in 2012, right???

The IMF is an effrontery to bottom.

Alberto if you neglect something lol esribes rarely comment is three times larger than the entrance of the author

hugs!

but how they found a 200% public debt? it is much more than that of Greece fuck

as to what the trade deficit is understandable,

and that the stagnant Japanese economy is not surprising, lead to 120% capacity since before I was born in 90 and may be Nipponese workers have high rates of productivity, but also human, and everything has a limit, with 160 million people being the 3rd power (but will go down positions) and is worthy of admiration, but can not expect to be growing indefinitely as they did in the second half of the twentieth ... mostly pq much technological capital that may have , it lacks natural resources (which directly affects imports) and human capital, this will be the century of China (and India)

This feels like the streets? I mean is like in Spain that the sudan these economic problems or to know the Japs are even a little worried?

to 10% VAT ... is pretty, but not as much as I may seem, in Spain we have several types of taxes but generally takes years for example 18% bone, especially of those recommended by the IMF for Japan

know that car sales had so much weight in exports Nipponese, since you only have Toyota ¿? good will and deep that some cars but also motorcycles over but nothing comparable to Germany for example (Volkswagen, ford, (seat), and I think nissan audi too)

That bad news, I hope that people can keep his job even with a crisis.

The IMF may well go to the c * r * jo: everything that you recommended to do in Argentina and that was followed to the letter led to the debacle of 2001, that most will remember.
As noted Alberto, Japanese explanation of the problem is completely internal, and I think we should follow the example of Malaysia and follow their own solutions to succeed ...
Anyway, that's amazing that missing silver always have to put the people, right?