失うしなわれた２０にじゅう年ねん

expression, noun

lost two decades; Japan's economic stagnation from the early 1990s

Refers to the period of prolonged economic stagnation in Japan that began around 1991 after the asset price bubble burst. Often contrasted with 失われた３０年.

See also: 失われた３０年

• 日本にほん経けい済ざいは「失うしなわれた２０年ねん」と呼よばれる長ちょう期き停てい滞たいを経けい験けんした。

  The Japanese economy experienced a prolonged stagnation known as the 'lost two decades'.

• 失うしなわれた２０年ねんの間あいだに、多おおくの企き業ぎょうが国こく際さい競きょう争そう力りょくを失うしなった。

  During the lost two decades, many companies lost their international competitiveness.