Krasting: Japan On the Brink

``There are two very big issues that Japan is confronting; energy and taxes. Both of these issues will come to a head over the next sixty days. I don't see a soft landing. Fourteen months ago Japan had 54 operating nukes. Today it has one. By the end of May, it will have none... Japan is leading the world into trouble as far as demographics go. The Social Security and medical costs of its aging population are exploding. Unlike in the USA, most of the Japanese leaders have acknowledged that the country's position is un-sustainable. ''