The fact that Japanese firms have fared much worse in China than their competitors since the yen started weakening in 2012 suggests that their competitiveness has waned. However, firms have at least benefitted from higher revenues in yen-terms. And if the worst of China’s slowdown is behind us, as we believe, companies should find headwinds to sales there starting to ease.
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