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A Tokyo street, lined with quick creditors which provide fast loans to cash-strapped people, darkens at dusk at the end of a Japanese work week. A new fiscal year begins in Japan on April 1 and many analysts are somberly predicting negative growth for 2001. Pressure is growing around the world for Japan's to start dealing with a decade-long slowdown which in turn is threatening to set off a global decline in stock prices. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) === 6. of 6 Images ===