Crunch time for Japan’s banks

Illustration: Pete Ellis

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There were times in the 1970s and 1980s when Euromoney’s coverage of Japan could occupy more than a third of a single edition. 

It was a mesmerizing market to report on. Through the 1970s we watched the country’s international standing as a financial centre grow, the emergence of its capital markets and the utility of its currency.