{"id":841,"date":"2018-01-15T05:55:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T20:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rie.london\/?p=841"},"modified":"2018-03-30T20:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T11:43:28","slug":"jijieigo05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rie.london\/en\/blog\/en-ja-terminology-glossary\/841","title":{"rendered":"Vol.005\uff08Editorial\uff09Japan needs to heed bitter lessons from its lost decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u901a\u8a33\u7df4\u7fd2\u306e\u899a\u3048\u304c\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u3010\u4eca\u65e5\u306e\u7d20\u6750\u30112018\u5e741\u67089\u65e5 \u671d\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\uff08\u30c7\u30b8\u30bf\u30eb\uff091\/4 \u671d\u520a\u306e\u793e\u8aac<\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u30d0\u30d6\u30eb\u671f\u8d85\u3048\u300dsurpass(ing) their[Japan&#8217;s key economic indicators] levels during the bubble economy era in the late 1980s<br \/>\n\u6709\u52b9\u6c42\u4eba\u500d\u7387 ratio of job offers to applicants, the<br \/>\n\u65e5\u7d4c\u5e73\u5747\u682a\u4fa1 bench mark Nikkei Stock Average, the<br \/>\n\u8cc7\u7523\u30c7\u30d5\u30ec collapse of the asset price bubble, the<br \/>\n\u5730\u4fa1\u3068\u682a\u4fa1 land and stock prices<br \/>\n\u8ed2\u3092\u9023\u306d\u308b have a plethora of (bank branch offices)<br \/>\n\uff08\u5e97\u8217\u304c\uff09\u7acb\u3061\u4e26\u3076 (the capital&#8217;s renowned, upscale retail and entertainment) hub<br \/>\n\u4f4e\u8ff7\u3092\u7d9a\u3051\u308b years if languishing at low levels<br \/>\n\uff08\u3044\u3064\uff09\u3092\u5e95\u306b\u53cd\u8ee2\u3059\u308b bottom out (in yyyy)and increase by (figure)<br \/>\n\u80cc\u5f8c\u306b\u306f\uff08\u301c\u304c\u3042\u308b\uff09driven by<br \/>\n\u5236\u5ea6\u6539\u9769 reforms of (various) systems<br \/>\n\u4e0d\u826f\u50b5\u6a29\u51e6\u7406 (to) tackle [its=financial system&#8217;s] bad debt problem<br \/>\n\u8352\u7642\u6cbb (revamped) through drastic measures<br \/>\n\u8b77\u9001\u8239\u56e3\u884c\u653f\uff08\u306e\u6642\u4ee3\uff09&#8221;convoy system&#8221;<br \/>\n\u653f\u5b98\u696d\u306e\u300c\u9244\u306e\u4e09\u89d2\u5f62\u300d(the foundation of) &#8220;iron triangle&#8221; 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