Talk:Economic history of Japan/Archive 1

Asset bubble in the 1990's
Is there a reason that "The Lost Decade" of Japan isn't mentioned in this article after the asset crash? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_asset_price_bubble —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.189.188.243 (talk) 03:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah no kidding... It's not like history ended when Japan's "miracle growth" did  128.83.167.129 (talk) 00:06, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe the economic bust of the 1990s is not included in this article because Keynesians and Monetarist can't explain it. Gaytan (talk) 17:46, 7 August 2008 (UTC)


 * We have a section on the nineties now, but absolutely nothing is cited. At one point it parades the Economist in, but for the most part glosses over a lot; for example, it entirely neglects to mention the forced government shut-down of several insolvent banks. I came here because I am not an economist and cannot fix it, but I would invite anyone who can to do so. J1.grammar natz (talk) 01:02, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Recovery after the war
From the 'Postwar period' -
 * World War II wiped out many of the gains Japan had made since 1868. About 40% of the nation's industrial plants and infrastructure were destroyed, and production reverted to levels of about fifteen years earlier. The people were shocked by the devastation and swung into action. New factories were equipped with the best modern machines, giving Japan an initial competitive advantage over the victor states, who now had older factories.

So, um, Japan had an advantage, because its industry was completely destroyed, and had to rebuild everything? Can this statement be at least sourced, if not completely rewritten? (I'm biased, sorry.) There's surely more to the incredible Japanese productivity than destruction. Pestergaines (talk) 14:35, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Coin shortages brought on by arcades
surely something like that at least bares mentioning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.92.34.142 (talk) 20:34, 11 May 2011 (UTC)