It was called ¡°endaka¡± ¡ª a Japanese term for currency strength that sapped the economy ¡ª and reversing it was supposed to help end deflation and stoke growth.
Parts of the recipe aren¡¯t coming out as advertised.
Less than two years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office and championed policies that drove the yen down 16 percent against the dollar, more than a decade of entrenched deflation is in the rear-view mirror.
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