Japanese customers watched the Japanese stock market fell nearly 60% from its 1989 peak

"In spite of Japan's woes over the past two decades, other East Asian nations have copied its ....mercantilistic economic model....The Japanese stock market fell nearly 60% from its 1989 peak till the end of 2000."

Source: Shrinking U.S. Trade Gap No Fluke; Weakening Asian Export Subsidies The Reason

H.J.Honeycutt

August 30, 2012

http://seekingalpha.com/article/837281-shrinking-u-s-trade-gap-no-fluke-weakening-asian-export-subsidies-the-reason