The USDJPY decreased 0.3450 or 0.23% to 150.2290 on Thursday March 27 from 150.5740 in the previous trading session. Japanese Yen - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.

In 2023, domestic shipments of consumer electronics in Japan reached a value of approximately 107 billion Japanese yen in December 2023. While March was the strongest month for consumer electronics shipments during that year, with around 117.7 billion yen, May was the weakest, with the value falling to 77.6 billion yen.

The main stock market index in Japan (JP225) decreased 2147 points or 5.38% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Japan. Japan Stock Market Index (JP225) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.

A graphic that displays the dollar performance against other currencies reveals that economic developments had mixed results on currency exchanges. The third quarter of 2023 marked a period of disinflation in the euro area, while China's projected growth was projected to go up. The United States economy was said to have a relatively strong performance in Q3 2023, although growing capital market interest rate and the resumption of student loan repayments might dampen this growth at the end of 2023. A relatively weak Japanese yen Q3 2023 saw pressure from investors towards Japanese authorities on how they would respond to the situation surrounding the Japanese yen. The USD/JPY rate was close to 150, whereas analysts suspected it should be around 90 given the country's purchase power parity. The main reason for this disparity is said to be the differences in central bank interest rates between the United States, the euro area, and Japan. Any future aggressive changes from, especially the U.S. Fed might lower those differences. Financial markets responded somewhat disappoint when Japan did not announce major plans to tackle the situation. Potential rent decreases in 2024 Central bank rates peak in 2023, although it is expected that some of these will decline in early 2024. That said, analysts expect overall policies will remain restrictive. For example, the Bank of England's interest rate remained unchanged at 5.25 percent in Q3 2023. It is believed the United Kingdom's central bank will ease its interest rate in 2024 but less than either the U.S. Fed or the European Central Bank. This should be a positive development for the pound compared to either the euro or the dollar.

The USDCNY increased 0.0137 or 0.19% to 7.2796 on Wednesday March 26 from 7.2658 in the previous trading session. Chinese Yuan - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.

October was the strongest month for consumer electronics sales in Japan in 2020, with sales reaching a value of more than 70 billion Japanese yen. The weakest month during that year was May, which saw sales fall to approximately 28 billion Japanese yen as the government established a nationwide state of emergency due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Amount of savings per household of Saitama increased by 2.07% from 16,154 thousand yen in 2009 to 16,489 thousand yen in 2014. Since the 1.81% fall in 2004, amount of savings per household surged by 13.47% in 2014. Two-or-more-person Households

Expenditure for aged persons per capita of Ishikawa increased by 0.96% from 207.5 thousand yen in 2019 to 209.5 thousand yen in 2020. Since the 1.13% fall in 2018, expenditure for aged persons per capita rose by 3.87% in 2020.

Advertising expenditures accounted for 1.24 percent of Japan's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, which stood at more than 591.5 trillion Japanese yen during that year. The share grew considerably after falling to 1.14 percent in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, the production volume of tobacco leaves in Japan amounted to around 8.8 thousand tons, falling below 10 thousand tons for the first time in the past decade. The tobacco leaf production in Japan encompasses predominantly three varieties: burley, yellow tobacco, and native species. Tobacco cultivation in Japan Tobacco was cultivated in 27 prefectures in Japan, with Kumamoto and Okinawa standing at the forefront. However, the number of tobacco leaf farmers declined steadily in recent years, reaching record-lows with under three thousand people. Coupled with a declining production output, the sales of tobacco leaves reached a new low at around 17 billion yen. The single destination of the domestic harvest Japan Tobacco, Inc. is the only Japanese manufacturer authorized to produce and distribute tobacco products in the country. In accordance to its state monopoly position, the company is obliged to enter a contract with domestic tobacco leaf farmers and purchase their entire harvest. However, following the expansion of the business into the global market, Japan Tobacco scaled up its supply chain for raw materials and distribution channels, achieving its position as a leading tobacco company worldwide.

The value of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot market in Japan was projected to reach 7.2 billion Japanese yen in fiscal year 2024. Although it was expected that the distinction of chatbots based on functions would become more difficult and that the increase in companies offering chatbots would lead to falling prices due to an intensifying price competition, the market size was forecast to more than double by fiscal year 2028.

For the fiscal year of 2024, the Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric reported net sales of around 30.9 billion U.S. dollars (or about 5.2 trillion Japanese yen). In U.S. dollars, this represents a decrease of about 12 percent in revenue from the previous fiscal year due to a falling exchange rate of Japanese yen to USD.

The rising inflation worldwide in 2022 and 2023 is reflected in the increasing prices of the different commodity groups in the G7 countries. Most notably, the price of electricity, gas, and other fuels was high in the third quarter of 2024 in Japan, with price increases reaching 15 percent compared to the same period in 2023. On the other hand, gas and electricity inflation was negative in Germany, Italy, and the UK following extremely high rates in 2022 and the first half of 2023. Inflation rates increased sharply all around the world through 2022 and the beginning of 2023, spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February that year. Economic challenges in Japan As food and restaurant costs have risen in Japan in comparison to the rest of the G7 nations, overall, Japan is facing a period of economic slowdown. Over time, the value of the Japanese yen has dropped. Moreover, the Japanese GDP has also dropped, going from around five trillion U.S. dollars in 2021 to 4.1 trillion U.S. dollars by 2024. However, it is predicted to begin increasing by 2025. Falling electricity costs Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy crisis driven by the February 2022 invasion of Russia into Ukraine, electricity prices increased worldwide through 2021, 2022, and 2023. As of 2024, inflation of electricity costs is decreasing across the G7, more than other commodity groups. This rise and fall can be seen throughout Europe as well as within the United States, after peaking in 2022.