4月1日,在一家中型金融机构破产、数家公司宣布经营不景气以及股票证券下跌和日元贬值的不祥气氛中,日本开始了新的财政年度,日本经济前景评级的降低,更使金融市场的信心大受打击。 第一株式会社是一家非银行的信贷机构,破产时负债高达4052亿日元(约31.1亿美元)。该株式会社隶属私人控股的第一房产集团公司,1997年财政年度末的总资产约为3500亿日元。它的破产引起人们的恐慌,担心银行紧缩贷款可能在未来几个月 On April 1, Japan started a new fiscal year in the ominous atmosphere of a bankruptcy of medium-sized financial institutions, several companies that announced the downturn and the decline of stock and securities and the depreciation of the Japanese yen. The downgrade of Japan’s economic outlook further pushed the financial Market confidence hit hard. Daiichi Co., Ltd. is a non-bank credit agency with debts of 405.2 billion yen (about 3.11 billion U.S. dollars) on bankruptcy. The Corporation, a privately held No. 1 Real Estate Group company, had a total assets of approximately 350 billion yen at the end of the fiscal year of 1997. Its bankruptcy has caused panic among fears that banks may tighten lending in the coming months