Word: bunroku
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nonetheless, some U.S. trading partners are afraid that the dollar has fallen too far, too fast. Japanese firms are considering a second round of price increases because of the rising yen, which has gained 25% against the dollar in the past six months. Says Bunroku Yoshino, president of Tokyo's Institute for International Economic Studies: "Fundamentally, Japan can stand a pretty sharp strengthening of the yen. But the suddenness of the rise is difficult to adjust to. If we have more time to adjust, then it might be all right...
...Bunroku Yoshino, president of Institute for International Economic Studies in Tokyo, predicted that those rosy figures would remain virtually unchanged through next year...
Japan. Unlike its Asian neighbors, which are still in the launch phase of industrial development, Japan has already reached cruising altitude. Said Bunroku Yoshino, director of the Institute for International Economic Studies in Tokyo: "Japan is very comfortable, like the U.S. was in the 1950s under President Eisenhower." He predicted that unemployment, now only about 2.5%, may go to 2% in 1984. Exports were up about 10% in the third quarter of the year and will stay strong. Japan's car manufacturers have unveiled new models that will undoubtedly dazzle foreign customers...
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