As is well known, the rapid growth achieved during this period was associated with the development of a major asset price bubble. Economic growth slowed markedly from 1991 as a tightening in monetary ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s ... The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio space in Tokyo.Credit...Kentaro Takahashi for The New ...

During the bubble economy, some properties were priced at ... Urban areas with large populations, such as Tokyo and Osaka, saw the highest number of instances. But in per capita terms, Niigata ...

TOKYO—Japan’s benchmark stock average on Thursday broke the record closing high set more than 34 years ago, a milestone in the country’s recovery from a popped bubble that left the economy ...

But this time around, the economy is in recession and nobody's talking about a bubble. Preliminary measures ... Economics for BoA Securities in Tokyo, said during the FT briefing.

A total of 17,412 new condominiums priced at 100 million yen ($654,000) and up were sold during ... of the past “bubble” economic boom. The figures for 17 prefectures outside Tokyo also ...