Quote from: symaxian on November 13, 2013, 09:01:20 PM

Yes a new Japanese market for Bitcoin would be a very welcome push, I'm surprised it has not gained much traction there. Does anyone have good knowledge of the currency situation over there? Is the Yen as productive and boring as the USD?

Yen is even worse than USD for savers...they've had zero interest rates for long time.

Kyle Bass is a pretty smart guy who made a lot of $$$ off the housing bubble top in 2008, and his biggest bet at the moment is on a Japanese economic crash:

http://beaconreports.net/kyle-bass-tells-beacon-reports-its-checkmate-for-japan/

Methinks sooner or later, the Japanese people will latch onto Bitcoin's benefits as a savings vehicle.