In a bid to end a tailspin in Tokyo stock prices, the government on Thursday unveiled six emergency steps, including stricter control of speculative sales.
Experts said, however, the package will have only short-term effects, and that stocks will head south again if deep-rooted problems — such as banks’ bad-loan woes and deflation — are not confronted.
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