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Declining imports price
The Yen appreciation brings about the lower cost of materials and it results in the lower retailing prices. As a result, it boosts consumer sentiment and the retail sales benefits from it in addition to the whole sales.
Lower cost of crude oil
The Yen appreciation means weaker US dollar and it leads the lower cost of materials regardless of crude price in US dollar. It follows the energy prices like the electricity and the gas go down in addition to the oil products like gasoline.
Less expensive in going abroad
We feel straightly the benefit of the Yen appreciation when we go abroad, as the pocket money would be made double when the Yen value for a dollar changes from 200 into 100.