Shadowing-Übung: Weak Yen hits everyday life in Japan | Vietnam Today - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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now the bank of japan has raised its policy interest rate
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to 1 .25 percent the highest level in 31 years
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but the move has yet to reverse the yen's prolonged weakness
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now weaker yen is pushing up prices particularly for imported goods
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with the impact increasingly being felt in households across japan
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and a from our correspondent in japan has more mr and mrs kumagai run a local metalworking workshop,
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rising material costs have forced them to raise their prices.
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Their small, modern -designed knives now sell for 4 ,000 yen, around 10 percent more than a year ago.
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The couple hope to sell more products overseas and to foreign visitors, but Mrs. Kumagai worries that higher prices could become a major barrier for customers.
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We have a website and an online shop aimed at overseas customers, but sales have been difficult.
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We launched this night on Kickstarter last year, and it's attracted quite a lot of interest from abroad.
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But the price seems to be a little high for some customers.
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Japan relies almost entirely on imported iron ore.
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As the yen weakens, import costs rise, pushing up the price of raw materials for small metalworking businesses.
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At supermarkets, imported food and fruit have seen some of the sharpest price increases.
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Japan depends heavily on imports for bananas, and in July, the average price of Philippine bananas was 7 .4 % higher than a year earlier.
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More broadly, over 4 ,900 food items in Japan are set to rise in price this September,
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with an average increase of around 11 % year on year.
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The weak yen is driving up the prices of imported goods.
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This is forcing supermarkets to cut services or reduce costs to lower product prices and retain their customers.

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