Stagflation is a term used to describe an economy that is stagnant and experiences little to no economic growth.Signs of stagflation include high rises in the price of consumer goods and services through high inflation, a reduction in gross domestic product and high unemployment.It is exceptionally difficult to move a country out of a stagflated economic state, as the methods used to promote greater economic growth - for instance, to lower inflation - may have a detrimental effect on unemployment figures.Stagflation in JapanJapan's economy has remained largely stagnant since 1990, after a national asset price bubble crisis. The nineties became known as Japan's "lost decade", which has now stretched out over the better part of three decades, as the country has still not been able to return to sustained economic growth.Successive Japanese governments have attempted a plethora of policies in order to try to kick-start the economy, largely to no avail.