101.   The weak yen generally makes products from Japan cheaper.

102.   The weaker yen makes imports more expensive and eases pressure on domestic companies to cut prices.

103.   The weak yen makes Japanese exporters more competitive by making their products less expensive abroad and could help the economy recover further.

104.   The weak yen make Japanese cars relatively more affordable than their U.S. and European counterparts.

105.   The weaker yen makes it easier for Japanese automakers to undercut the competition in the U.S. and makes it harder to price U.S. cars attractively in Japan.

106.   They were worried because the high yen makes Japanese exports more expensive abroad, hurting the Japanese economy, one of the mainstays of the world economy.

107.   U.S. automakers started to increase their sales in Japan last year, when a relatively strong yen made imports more attractive.

108.   While safety concerns are easing, he said, the declining yen has made U.S. beef more expensive in Japan.

109.   A cheaper yen makes Japanese exports less expensive abroad and thus more competitive, while increasing the yen value of the foreign currency earnings of Japanese exporters.

110.   A declining yen makes Japanese exports relatively less expensive and thus more competitive abroad, boosting earnings of Japanese export companies.