When the bubble burst in 1990, bad debts brought the banking system close to collapse and the nation fell into a decade of recession and deflation.

• 1990年，经济泡沫灰飞烟灭，坏账将银行系统拽入崩溃的边缘，日本则陷入了长达十年的经济衰退与萎缩之中。