Learn from the Sun: A Survival Guide to Recession Times

This book is an economic history that examines Japan’s economy and society during the “Lost Thirty Years.” The author offers a detailed analysis of the major shifts in occupations and industries that took place in the three decades following the collapse of Japan’s bubble economy, as well as how the Japanese people coped with hardship during this period. He also reviews the measures Japan adopted during these years and assesses their outcomes. In addition to analyzing the “Lost Thirty Years” themselves, the book explores how ordinary Japanese people struggled to survive amid the social and economic instability of the era. While it serves as a scholarly study of Japan’s socioeconomic conditions, it also addresses social issues currently of concern to Chinese readers, giving the work strong contemporary relevance.