A Nikkei survey of 362 large Japanese companies has found:

  • Nearly 60% of 362 major companies are assuming a rate of 100 for the fiscal year ending March 2015 (Toyota, Honda and Komatsu are in this camp)
  • Mitsubishi Electric has it at 95, Panasonic expects it to weaken to 105
  • The average estimate was 100.7
  • More than 90% of the companies see the yen at 130-140 against the euro this fiscal year