We see for the next couple of quarters prices remaining under pressure, but we do see prices starting to come up in the second or third quarter of the year.

大家都知道在接下来的几个季度里油价回升面临巨大的压力，但我们还是对明年下半年油价回升怀有信心。

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Members of Opec, made up of the world's major oil producers, have come under pressure to do something to stop the recent sharp rises in the cost of a barrel.

BBC: Opec agrees output boost

But if prices continue to rise the government may come under pressure to do more, such as to reduce the subsidy for renewable energy schemes that are being paid for by higher electricity bills.

BBC: A promise fulfilled on energy prices?

Although Norinchukin is not legally obliged to rescue them, it will come under political pressure to do so, weakening its deteriorating credit rating and so its ability to borrow internationally at what are by Japanese standards cheap rates in the markets.

ECONOMIST: Japanese banking