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World Service,20 Mar 2002,26 mins

How Did Japan's Economy Stall?

Global Business

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How one of the world's richest countries has fallen into recession. Japan spent the 1990s fighting off the impact of falling stock markets and a shrinking manufacturing base, a balance-sheet recession. Experts attempt to explain what has happened.

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