91.   A weaker yen also helped.

92.   A weaker yen could boost the flow of capital out of Japan and into overseas markets, said Shinji Koyama, a manager at Toyo TB Securities Co.

93.   A weaker yen could give the Japanese economy a boost by making exports cheaper.

94.   A weaker yen could spur inflation in Japan by boosting costs of imports such as oil.

95.   A weaker yen could spur inflation in Japan by making imports more expensive and making yen-denominated assets, such as stocks, less attractive to foreign investors.

96.   A weaker yen helps Japanese exporters by allowing them to lower prices of goods they sell overseas, and increases the value of revenue when repatriated.

97.   A weaker yen helps Japanese exporters by making their products less expensive in overseas markets.

98.   A weaker yen hurts bonds by eroding the return to foreign investors when they convert bond income to other currencies.

99.   A weaker yen makes blue-chip exporters more attractive by boosting their cost competitiveness overseas and increasing the value of revenue from sales outside Japan.

100.   A weaker yen makes blue-chip exporters more attractive by boosting their dollar earnings overseas.