How the Yen affect America's economy?

With all the money changing hands every month, American investors and consumers are very important for the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar is a relative value. (For background, see the U.S. dollar and the yen. Exciting partnership)

As related to the economy of Japan and the United States? July 2010 occupied Japan, America's fourth largest trading partner - behind Canada, China and Mexico - with a combined export and import of 15 billion U.S. dollars. This figure is divided into exports to Japan, $ 5 billion, and imports $ 10 billion, equivalent to a negative trade balance of $ 5 billion (12% of U.S. total - $ 42,800,000,000).