71.   A stronger yen hurts Japanese exporters as their products become more expensive overseas, and thus less competitive.

72.   An excessively strong yen hurts export-based Japanese companies, as it decreases their profitability when dollar earnings are repatriated back into Japan.

73.   An excessively strong yen hurts the income of export-based industries, which repatriate profits earned overseas in dollars back to Japan.

74.   An overly strong yen can hurt Japanese exporters by making their products more expensive abroad.

75.   But the stronger yen hurt share prices in Tokyo.

76.   Higher yields have weighed on stocks as it increases corporate borrowing costs, while the stronger yen hurts the earnings of exporters.

77.   Investors also thought a stronger yen will hurt Japanese exporters by making their products more expensive in foreign markets, which could harm a potential export-led recovery.

78.   Japanese authorities fear, however, that too strong a yen could hurt that recovery by making Japanese products more expensive overseas, thus damaging the earnings of exporters.

79.   Japanese government officials have repeatedly said that too strong a yen could hurt the fledgling economic recovery.

80.   The high yen hurts Japanese exporting companies like Sony and Toyota by shrinking the value of earnings they bring back to Japan from overseas.