Pedestrians are silhouetted at a shopping district in Tokyo November 20, 2009. Japan's government said for the first time since 2006 that the economy was back in deflation, warning of the risk that price falls may pressure a fragile economy barely out of its worst recession in decades. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

Pedestrians are silhouetted at a shopping district in Tokyo November 20, 2009. Japan's government said for the first time since 2006 that the economy was back in deflation, warning of the risk that price falls may pressure a fragile economy barely out of its worst recession in decades.

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