Cika wannan jumla: Ƙara yawan bashin da aka samu ya kasance martani ne ga Rikicin Kudi na Duniya a 2007-08, da kuma tsadar da aka samu a cikin bala'in da ya faru a cikin shekara ta 2008-09.
Girgizar ƙasa ta Tōhoku a cikin 2011, da annobar COVID-19 da ta fara a ƙarshen 2019. A watan Agustan 2011, Moody's rating ya rage darajar bashi na dogon lokaci na kasar Japan da mataki daya zuwa Aa3 daga Aa2 daidai da girman kasafin kudin kasar da kuma matakin bashi. Babban raunin kasafin kudi da bashin gwamnati tun bayan koma bayan tattalin arzikin duniya na 2008-09 da girgizar kasa da tsunami na Tohoku a watan Maris na 2011 sun ba da gudummawa ga rage darajar. A shekara ta 2012, littafin shekara-shekara na kungiyar OECD ya ce, " bashin Japan ya haura kashi 200 cikin 100 na GDP a sakamakon girgizar kasa da aka yi da kuma kokarin sake gina ta". Tsohon Firayim Minista Naoto Kan ya kira halin da ake ciki "gaggawa" saboda bashin ballooning.