Tokyo stocks tumbled across the board again this week, mirroring a wholesale collapse in investor confidence.
Public confidence in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has been badly shaken, stirring up skepticism about the 30 trillion yen-a-year ceiling on new government bond issues -- a symbol of his administrative reform initiative.
There has been mounting alarm in the financial community that a "sell Japan" mentality may be developing.
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