Japanese businesses across a variety of industries are increasingly worried about the ongoing rapid weakening of the yen, which is leading to higher costs for materials and other things.
In addition to importers, for which the yen’s decline directly pushes down earnings, exporters, which normally benefit from the depreciation, are starting to show concern over the wild moves in exchange rates.
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