American multinationals are lobbying Congress to complain about the high value of the dollar and British business groups argue that the UK's recovery is cooling as a result of the high pound against the euro.
"When I look at retailers and I see the $1 and free software, I have to determine that the owner doesn't care about the high value of software at all," Mr. Iwata said.
It's instructive here to look at Japan's real effective exchange rate since the beginning of the economic crisis: You can see why Japan was complaining about the high value of the yen.
Uneasiness about the high values being attached to major start-ups diluted Silicon Valley venture capitalists' increased confidence in the start-up market as 2014 came to close.
Singapore makes no bones about the higher value it places on its educated citizens.
About 100 "high value" executives will be invited to join the new Great Club, to ensure their immigration checks are completed "swiftly and smoothly".
It is not all about high value: some of the subscriptions, about 2,000, have come in through the door via discounting through places such as Groupon, but more have followed various specials; the Sunday Times Rich List, the Mandelson book serialisation, for example.
