Is the U.S. Recession a Repeat of Japan’s Lost Decade?

If you want a real look at what’s headed this way, ask Hideko Toyotomi. When Japan’s so-called “Lost Decade” began with a bang in the early 1990s, she was an “OL” - an office lady - working in one of Japan’s mightiest corporations and she kept her job, despite the downturn. She…