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In the late 1990s, widespread fears about bank stability thanks to a nationwide financial crisis triggered a rush to convert assets to tansu yokin ( "drawer deposits").
Under the Futon 2008
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There's even a term for this hidden money in Japanese, "tansu yokin."
The Seattle Times 2011
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When a bank accepts a customer's application for a loan of, say, a million yen, it simply adds the number one million yen to that customer's bank account ( "demand deposit" in the US, "futsu yokin" in Japan).
Bill Totten's Weblog 2009
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