71.   A lower yen would help Japanese exporters by making their products more cost-competitive overseas.

72.   A higher yen would help make U.S. goods less expensive in Japan.

73.   A stronger yen helps South Korean companies gain a competitive edge against their Japanese rivals since they compete directly in such industries as semiconductors, steel and automobiles.

74.   A weak yen helps boost the value of overseas earnings for exporters like Sony.

75.   A weak yen helps exports by making them cheaper abroad.

76.   A weaker yen helps boost the earnings of exporters like Nintendo.

77.   A weaker yen helps lift the overseas earnings of exporters like Sony.

78.   A weaker yen helps raise the value of overseas earnings.

79.   A weaker yen would help exporters by making their products less expensive abroad, and thus more competitive.

80.   A weaker yen would help Japanese exporters and the economy as a whole.