11.   A strong yen hurts the Japanese economy by making its exports more expensive abroad.

12.   A strong yen is bad for Japanese stocks, making Japanese products more expensive, and therefore less competitive, on the American market.

13.   A strong yen is damaging because it makes Japanese exports, a possible engine of economic recovery, much more expensive, and therefore, less competitive abroad.

14.   A strong yen pressures exporters to raise prices overseas and crimps dollar-denominated profits when repatriated.

15.   A strong yen reduces the incentive for investors to seek higher yielding investments overseas.

16.   A strong yen squeezes the earnings of the motor vehicle distributor and retailer by making it less profitable and more difficult to sell Japanese cars in other markets.

17.   A strong yen also hurts the company because it reduces the amount of foreign currency-denominated earnings from abroad when converted into yen.

18.   A strong yen also pressures Japanese companies to raise prices abroad, hurting sales.

19.   A strong yen hobbles the Japanese economy by making its exports more expensive abroad.

20.   A strong yen hurts exporters by pressuring them to raise prices abroad and slashing the yen-value of the money they earn in dollars.