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J.P. Morgan’s top money manager sees fear of China driving long-term reform in Japan and says investors should take recent stock market losses on the chin.

Despite dire warnings about the yen’s decline, most of Japan’s neighbours are net importers.

While the economy shows signs of a comeback, one of Japan’s top executives says the strong yen will likely haunt the country’s exporters for years.

Despite its direct intervention in currency markets and a ¥10 trillion extension of its monetary stimulus, Japan has little hope of reversing yen appreciation.

The deal consisted of $500 million of dollar-denominated bonds and about $400 million of yen-denominated bonds, making it the largest CB in Asia ex-Japan this year.

There has been a lot of talk about Japanese insurers repatriating their foreign currencies into yen, but it was retail investors, not insurance claims, driving yesterday’s volatility.

Yen movements will remain unpredictable, but further weakening may not be sustainable, says JPMorganÆs FX strategist Tohru Sasaki.

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