Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2012
the highest among the G7 countries, at least until 2000, household assets were also high in Japan, as a result of which … sharp increase over time in both household assets and household net worth, at least until 1990. It is not clear whether the …-cultural factors, but it appears that long-term trends over time in household assets, liabilities, and net worth in Japan can be …