TOKYO: When Tokyo asked for bidders to build what is expected to be the world's largest fish market on the city's vacant eastern edge, there were no takers.
In a graphic illustration of how the hopes for "Abenomics" are falling short, the city was forced to raise by two-thirds its budget for the project to more than US$1bil before some of Japan's top construction companies stepped forward.
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