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In the late 1980s share and land prices in Japan rose several times over. Then they fell, and kept falling for years. What happened, why prices rose so far, and what the fall left behind for Japan's banks and economy.
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1 What Was Japan's Asset Bubble? Tokyo shares at their peak at the end of 1989, then land prices falling through the 1990s. 7 steps · 10 min Done 2 Why Japan's Asset Bubble Grew, and What Followed Why the boom grew, why the Bank of Japan waited, and what the fall left behind for the banks. 7 steps · 10 min DoneCountry data from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0) and the UNDP Human Development Report (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
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