Over that time, the population has also shrunk from 128 million to 126.3 million [1], so the per capita isn't as relevant. Japan's total GDP has pretty stagnant since 1995 [2].
[1] https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/population [2] https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/gdp
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