Japanese exporters commonly “price to market”, meaning they don’t allow the impact of exchange rate shifts to feed through fully into the prices paid by their foreign customers. This has become an increasingly popular explanation for the failure of export volumes to pick up in response to yen weakness over the past two years. While it is part of the answer, it is not the only factor at play.
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