Japan (JPY, Yen) Economic & Currency Analysis

Japan (JPY, Yen) Currency FX Analysis

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Japan SWOT Statistics

Strengths + Opportunities = 53

Threats + Weaknesses = 26

When strengths & opportunities substantially exceed threats & weaknesses an investment in the Yen has great long term potential.

Currency Strength Survey

Significant economic freedom?

Governments are transparent?

Stable political system exists?

Significant economic diversity?

Opportunities to accelerate growth?

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The economy of Japan is the third largest in the world. Japan experienced rapid economic growth between the 1960s and 1980s, a period of time known as Japan’s post-war economic miracle. Japan ranked second in the world behind the People's Republic of China in tonnage of fish caught. Japan also maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets, which accounts for nearly 15% of the global fishing catches. The many species of seafood caught include sardines, skipjack tuna, crab, shrimp, salmon, pollock, squid, clams, mackerel, sea bream, saury, tuna, and Japanese amberjack. Japanese manufacturing has a variety of high tech industries that are highly successful, they include: consumer electronics, automobile manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturing, optical fibers among others.

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Yen Currency Analysis Update

Japan (JPY), the second largest economy in the world, has an industrial, export oriented economy that benefits from its relationship with the USA and proximity to China. Japan's Fundamental Currency Analysis (short term investment): Japan’s currency (the Yen) is overvalued according to investment flow potential, the purchase price parity, and the interest rate parity. Japan's Value Investor Survey (short term investment): Japan’s economic environment is moderately favorable for long term economic growth due to high scores on economic freedom and government transparency, but low scores on the SWOT Analysis. Japan's Currency Trading Strategy: An overvalued currency, low investment flow potential and moderate business environment leads to a negative outlook for Japanese investments.

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Factors That Positively Affect The Yen

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• legal

• Technology

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Factors That Negatively Affect The Yen

• Declining Birth Rate The effects of a declining population can be adverse for an economy which has borrowed extensively for repayment by younger generations; however, a smaller human population has a smaller impact on...

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• tuna sushi

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Country Name: Japan
Currency Name: Yen
Currency (FX) Symbol: JPY

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SWOT Analysis of Japan

What is a SWOT Analysis? WikiWealth's free SWOT evaluates the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of an investment in the country of Japan or a forex (FX) investment in its currency the Yen (JPY). WikiWealth uses this research to identify the qualitative factors that contribute to economic growth and forex (FX) gains. Strengths and opportunities lead to positive economic growth, which leads to currency strengthening and an improve foreign exchange rate; the opposite is also true.

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Opportunities boothuisje avocado sushi Preston japan jeff in education restaurants Cameron Japan:booty meat location Private Equity in Japan The Private Equity industry has enormous potential in Japan. According to the Economist, The... Pro-Reform Political Parties in Japan Over two decades of economic stagnation is forcing political party changes. Parties that were in... Freelance Cloud Workers Freelance cloud workers go online to pitch their skills to millions of potential employers through... Instant Translation of Web Pages The ability to translate web pages quickly and accurately may lead to a break down in the language... Regular Japanese Workers The Japanese call these Regular Workers , because they enjoy less benefits than unions workers.... Emerging Markets Demand from emerging markets is helping growth and margins. Emerging markets create new...		Threats japan toy industr other kinds of sushi Grace Blindness Japan:godzilla Fiscal Austerity Programs Many government around the world will have to cut spending and increase taxes to avoid fiscal... Young Entrepreneurs Decreasing in Japan Since 2003, the proportion of young Japanese entering the labour force who want to be entrepreneurs... Intervention May Dissuade China When other countries intervene to change the value of their currencies, it may have the affect of... Whaling Hurts Japans Image Whaling hurts Japan's image aboard, because they go against a long-standing moratorium on commercial... Domestic Savings and Fiscal Debt Japan's government debt is mostly serviced by the large domestic population of savings. These savers... Zombie Companies Japan has a long traditional of supporting smaller companies to the detriment of the health of...