[UnwashedPeasant]

When the ratio is about 100 to 1, it makes valuation of Japanese products easy. You can think of a Yen being like a penny.

[American Infidel]

When the ratio is about 100 to 1, it makes valuation of Japanese products easy. You can think of a Yen being like a penny.

That is about the rate around which USD/JPY was hovering when I was there for a while in the mid-90's. You are correct; it made it easier to estimate everything in dollar terms, but it would have been great to have a USD/JPY rate of 162 like it is today since I was being paid in USD while working there for my US-based employer.