Japan Then and Now

Businessmen share drinks at a picnic under the trees in Tokyo during a cherry blossom festival in April 1989
Peter Guttman / CORBIS

THEN: Springtime for Japan
Businessmen share drinks at a picnic under the trees in Tokyo during a cherry blossom festival in April 1989. The Nikkei index reached its peak on Decemeber 29, 1989 and has been slumping ever since.

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