A crucial economy is held back not just by tradition, regulation and a sick stock market, but by outright corruption. Don't count on any rapid reforms. Sanae takaichi is being pursued by the yakuza, Japan's gangster element. They have sent her letter bombs, sabotaged her car, vandalized her garage and repeatedly threatened to kill her. "If I leave my car unattended for ten minutes, the tires will be punctured," she says. "Many times I have come close to having a fatal accident on the expressway as a result of this sabotage."
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