What you do with Japanese is your business. About half of life is doing the right stuff. The other half is avoiding the wrong stuff. It reminds me of the ancient Japanese saying: “You’re in the army now, you’re not behind the plow.” So now get out there and be all you can ...
The dollar-yen reached 110.08 in Asian trading Wednesday and has risen 8 percent since early August, driven by expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike in the first half of 2015 and weak readings on the Japanese economy. watch now VIDEO03:43 Mr Yen: Currency won’t fall beyond 112 Poo...
I’ll tell you a secret—the machines are perfect. Your drink selection is always available. They never run out of change. They always accept folding money, no matter how crumpled or wet. You don’t have to flip the yen over and try it the other way. ...
Kanjuro Shibata: If you make a bow out of only flexible materials, it bends well when you draw the bow, but force to return to the original position is weak. Japanese bows are made by combining inflexible and flexible materials, and by combining bamboo and wood in this way, we can take...
The value of the US dollar has risen sharply in the second half of 2023, compared to currencies of many other countries including the British pound, the Japanese yen, and the euro. A stronger dollar sounds like a good thing, like seeing results from all those hours you've spent in the ...
1 Note the important role of the national bank clearing agents in the collection process. Japanese yen payments are cleared and settled through institutions in Japan, while US dollar payments are cleared and settled through institutions in the United States. If Samurai were to provide Yankee Bank ...
Many Japanese people don’t have the opportunity to communicate with foreigners, so when they do, they tend to change their attitude a bit. Foreigners react in different ways to this — some feel they are being treated special, while others are uncomfort
With major central banks globally continuing to raise interest rates, the BOJ's adherence to its negative interest rate policy is the main reason behind the weak yen. The continued rise of the Japanese stock market this year is partly due to the postponement of market expectations for the Unite...
At the end of 2012,Abe Shinzobecame the current Prime Minister of Japan. Many changes in monetary policies have also occured since, and the Japanese Yen that was once very strong against the American Dollar took a bad turn and became weak. At the end or 2013, 1 USD was worth around 105...
The Japanese yen has tumbled by a fifth against the dollar this year, but broad shifts in the country’s economy mean its impact on Japan Inc is far more uneven than the last time the currency traded at such weak levels 24 years ago. ...