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How did Japan become so cheap?
Oped, Published on 09/03/2022
» Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency) is now as low as it was in the early 1970s when the yen was first floated following the collapse of the Bretton Woods and Smithsonian systems of fixed exchange rates.
Chinese visitors to Japan to surge
Published on 27/09/2014
» TOKYO — The number of visitors to Japan from China during its weeklong National Day holiday from Oct 1 is expected to surge from last year due to favourable exchange rates and moves to expand the scope of duty-free products.