UPDATED: June 10, 2002 THE CHALLENGE FACING KOIZUMI Vol. 29 No. 3 FROM THE EDITOR With most large Japanese businesses and financial institutions settling their accounts at the end of March, rumors were rife that a number of them would find it hard to balance their books, sparking a March crisis in the domestic economy. . . CHRONOLOGY March - April 2002 THE CHALLENGE FACING KOIZUMI (KABASHIMA ...