91.   That prompts Japanese to sell yen for dollars to get higher returns on dollar-denominated deposits and fixed-income assets.

92.   That prompts traders and investors to sell yen for other currencies in search of higher returns elsewhere.

93.   That led Japanese investors, including individuals, to sell yen for other currencies at the start of the year this month, he added.

94.   That makes Japanese investors sell yen for dollars and other currencies to buy foreign securities.

95.   That helps weaken the yen because Japanese need to sell yen for other currencies to buy those securities.

96.   That helps weaken the yen because Japanese need to sell yen for other currencies to invest abroad.

97.   That prompts Japanese investors to sell yen for dollars and other currencies to invest abroad for higher returns.

98.   That prompts traders and investors to sell yen for dollars in search of higher returns in the U.S.

99.   That weakens the yen because the investors need to sell yen for dollars and other currencies to buy U.S. bonds and other foreign securities.

100.   That weaks the yen because Japanese need to sell yen for dollars and other currencies to invest abroad.