What role did the Japanese Financial Crisis of the early ’90s play in the subsequent E.Asian financial crisis?

I’m working to formulate a research programme on the Japanese Financial Crisis, and I am trying to discover what role the Japanese Financial Crisis of the early ’90s played in the subsequent E.Asian financial crisis.
If anyone has a clue, holler back.
Thanks.

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While the three financial crisis in [...]

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