"The Japanese yen is expensive now, so that is not good for exporting, but the brands are trying everything they can to make it better, " said Imajo.

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The various free-trade and special economic zones that have been set up have attracted some money, but so far the trade zones, at least, have been used more for importing than for exporting.

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For India, as for Pakistan, that means no exporting know-how, no testing new weapons, but instead exploring ways to avoid stumbling inadvertently into nuclear war.

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