As one of the most indebted countries in the developed world, the crisis unfolding in Greece is causing a moment of self-reflection for Japan.
But policymakers and economic advisers in Japan are not drawing an uncomfortable lesson about the need for fiscal discipline.
Instead they see Greece's present predicament as a warning against being too tight with the public purse strings and the follies of mindless austerity.
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