>>yosano: level of consumption tax has to be raised. everyone knows. but how to do it is very, very difficult. how to do it without losing political support is more difficult but we will do it. >>craft: japan's political squabbling, disarray and lack of leadership could leave it rudderless in the medium to long term. analysts say japan needs a second disaster package of about $100 billion. that's about twice as large as the first emergency budget. so far, there are no clues as to how such a budget would be financed. >>feldman: if move well along the way to that more aggressive stance, i think the economy can bounceback relatively well. if we do not move toward that more aggressive stance, i think we'll be looking at several years of negative growth, worsening deflation, and probably worsening fiscal deficits as well. so that's the area where i have my major concern. >>reporter: all told, the cost of the most expensive disaster in history and its repercussions, is calculated at four percent of gdp... analysts fear that japan's fractious political partie