Lack of recognition of the nature of systemic risk  The second cause was a lack of recognition regarding the nature of systemic risk. Japan’s financial crisis in the 1990s took hold with the resolution of two Tokyo-based credit cooperatives in December 1994. At the time, a wide range of financial institutions were perceived to be facing the common problem of mounting nonperforming loans.
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