Toyota to benefit from new subsidies for exporting to US

The devalue of the yen and strength of the dollar will make Japanese exports to the USA stronger and exports from the USA to Japan weaker.

However knowing Toyota they will retain profits rather than lower pricing in te USA is my opinion. If that occurs a position in a well managed Japanese Fund may accelerate until the Bank stopes easing than expect a rapid contraction.

That is just my opinion. I don't work in finance.

If your deciding to take a vacation to Japan it is a good time. Your money will buy more.

 

"Subsidies" I guess is a way of looking at it. Until very recently, the too strong a yen (at ~77 to 80 yen to $ USD) was killing Japanese automakers and exporters. I posted TTAC: Carlos Ghosn: The Yen Is Abnormal, And We Won’t Live Much Longer With That Deviant | PriusChat before.

At Prius Price Increase Coming? | PriusChat, I quoted an article that said

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Back then 34 billion yen was ~$435 milion.​

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When I 1st went to Japan in 2001, $1 USD could buy you about ~115 to 120 yen.​

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Japan is a smart country. They have 127,000 million people.They rank #1 in patents granted exceeding China with a billion people.



Japan's economy is about to wake up in my humble opinion.



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I agree, the Japanese are very proud people.

 

Not really. They use favorable trading conditions to sustain their level of wealth. In an open global market Japan would be poorer but their intellectual capital and high productivity would still allow them to have a healthy economy.

The difference between the USA and Japan is that the USA has a lot of natural resources and more greed-driven libertarianism so it's just a bit more choosy with its protectionism and subsidies.

 

I just read that the Japanese Capital Markets funds the second most IPO's in the world behind the USA #1, and ahead of London, Germany, and China. However Japan has been flat (No growth year over year) while the others are growing. Grant it that was a few years old data. By 2025 China if it allowed foreign companies on it's exchange in Shanghai will exceed the USA.

Japan also has more approved Patents greater than USA.

Natural Resources are important to an economy, but Japan has intellectual and financial resources.

Japan's has an aging population, not much growth in new family formation i.e. young people are not getting married or if they do not having children or many children. The previous generations of Japanese were willing to work 12-15 hours a day, sleep at there offices and in exchange get Life Time employment and Financial Security. It seems that both companies and workers are not willing to make that sacrifice.

However Japan will endure, and be a global economic power.

Just some ramblings.