21.   Markets participants hope tax cuts will bolster consumer demand and pull Japan out of its deepest recession since World War II.

22.   Resolving the banking crisis is seen as a key step to pulling Japan out of its deepest recession in decades.

23.   Summers repeated calls heard frequently these days from Washington for Japan to move more quickly to pull its economy out of its deepest recession since the war.

24.   The departure of Remes Lenicov had raised doubts about whether Duhalde could keep his own government together and govern during the deepest recession in history.

25.   The country is struggling with its deepest recession since the end of World War II.

26.   The failure was the latest in a series of bankruptcies as Japan struggles through its deepest recession in decades.

27.   The goal is to restore health to the financial system and pull Japan out of its deepest economic recession since the end of World War II.

28.   The issue of aid to Africa comes at a tough time for Japan, which is grappling with its deepest recession since the end of World War II.

29.   The law marks a major step in cleaning up the bad debt problem and in turning around the economy out of its deepest recession in decades.

30.   The new forecasts followed similar predictions earlier this week that seem to confirm that South Korea was well on its way out of its deepest recession in years.