71.   For domestic investors, the stronger yen alleviates concern about inflation because a stronger yen makes imported goods cheaper.

72.   For dollar-based investors, the yen makes the exporters look particularly attractive.

73.   Furthermore, a strong yen makes importing from the United States and other points all the more attractive to companies in Japan.

74.   In fact, analysts say, deflation is likely to continue, as a strong yen makes imports cheaper.

75.   In some cases, the high yen has made it expensive to station Americans here, so companies are replacing them with Japanese executives.

76.   It also offset falling revenue in Asian markets, where a weak yen has made travel more expensive.

77.   It is hiring Thai flight attendants and Canadian pilots because the strong yen makes it too expensive to hire Japanese ones.

78.   Japanese automakers are importing fewer foreign-made cars to Japan because the weak yen makes them more expensive.

79.   KFC refuses to import chickens, even though the strong yen would make this inexpensive.

80.   Korean companies were competitive because the stronger yen made labor, real estate and shipping costs cheaper, he said.