https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2YBI9-oKxo
The value of the yen has been falling + will continue to fall as Japan does NOT intend to make any changes to its AMERICAN WAY of doing business which is THE STATUS QUO APPROACH which is RUINING BOTH COUNTRIES. Both badly need foreign investment. Japan was notorious for its FIVE YEAR PLANS that never seem to work out particularly well. THE PROBLEM FOR BOTH COUNTRIES is mindset: they seem to be IN A STATE OF "IMMOBILIZED" SHOCK. The "downward market value" of Japanese assets have to be shown on THE BALANCE SHEETS and THIS IS TERRORIZING THE BUSINESS SECTOR as the market value of Japanese businesses keep GOING DOWN. OUCH! Chinese investment could EASILY TURN THINGS AROUND. However, THE ANTI-CHINESE BEHAVIOR of the Japanese Gov't impedes this as the USA "forces" Japan to side with the USA in such things as Japan promising like the USA to defend Taiwan, A SLAP IN THE FACE OF CHINA. That's what THE AMERICANS WANT: a belligerent Japan. The Americans keep putting pressure on Japan to EXPAND ITS MILITARY. The Japanese - in order to appease THE AMERICANS - have a military base in Africa in Djibouti due to American pressure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Force_Base_Djibouti There are other factors the put downward pressure on the yen besides not enough foreign investment + THE AMERICANS HAVING THEIR WAY WITH JAPAN. - The Japanese Gov't have lost all legitimacy in the eyes of the Japanese People. - Then, there is THE YAKUSA that run + are financially ruining the major cities like Tokyo + Osaka. - There is ALSO the problem of low wages especially for professional people whose salary goes up only as they get older: THEIR LOW SALARIES "greatly" hurt the economy. - AND FINALLY, like the USA, Japan has A SERIOUSLY BLOATED GOV'T that NO ONE dares talk about: the Japanese "instinctively" have A VERY LOW TOLERANCE for any kind of criticism. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA