The Lost Decade is commonly used to describe a period in Japan beginning in the 1990s, during which economic stagnation became one of the longest-running economic crises in recorded history.

The 2007–2008 Financial Crisis had shades of Japan’s Lost Decade written all over it: This time, the asset bubble was created by the U.S. housing market, fueled by toxic subprime mortgages.

Japan’s lost decade can be divided into three sections: the 1991-93 recession, the temporary recovery of 1994-96, and the deep recession of 1997-99. Each episode offers important lessons.

The "lost decade." That's how the Japanese describe their country in the 1990s — the boom years here in the United States. Japan's real estate and stock bubbles had burst.

Japan's Lost Decade might thus be more aptly called its "Lost Decades." The sharp economic slowdown of the early 1990s culminated in a recession in 1998-99, only to be followed by another near ...

Japan's lost decade(s) is the period responsible for Japan’s poor economic state. It's also a classic study in what bubbles can do to an economy.

Japan's Lost Decade is a cautionary tale about the L-shaped recession : The Indicator from Planet Money Not all recessions are created equal. Some look like Vs, while others look like Ks.

It hit suddenly, and when the bubble burst it was a wipeout. As today's crisis deepens, the unthinkable is becoming all too real ...

Cold Fusion. Japan's Lost Decade - An Economic Disaster. Posted: March 3, 2025 | Last updated: March 3, 2025. Japan in the 1990's suffered one of the greatest financial blowouts in history.

Observers of the world economy call the 1990s in Japan the Lost Decade. Following what the Washington Post would describe as “an orgy of easy credit and speculation” at the end of the 1980s ...

Japan’s Lost Decade. By John H. Makin. American Enterprise Institute. February 01, 2001. As the United States enters a recession amid growing signs of excess capacity after a surge of investment ...