Which One Does Not Belong?

It's always amusing to watch Marc Ambinder talk about policy. In this post, Ambinder reports that Obama's economic advisers are worried about "the complete economic collapse of a large, unstable nation":

To be sure, Pakistan is nearly broke, and U.S. policy makers seem to be aware of that; but a worldwide demand crisis could lead to social unrest in countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, Singapore, the Ukraine, Japan, Turkey or Egypt (which is facing an internal political crisis of epic proportions already). [emphasis added]

Since when is Japan an "unstable nation"? If a country can survive a Japan-like Lost Decade and still be considered "unstable," then we're all screwed.