Japan's household saving rate showed great volatility, was often low and even negative, and was high only during the 25-year … trends over time in, Japan's household saving rate via various socioeconomic and policy variables. This seems to suggest that … their children than other peoples, suggesting that the alleged social norm of strong family ties in Japan is largely a myth …

This paper investigates empirically why Japan’s household savings rate fell in the 1990s. We constructed an economic …’s household savings rate. Our simulation analysis demonstrated that if the proportion of liquidity-constrained households in the … 1990s had stayed at the level as that of the late 1980s, the household savings rate would have increased by four percent …