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Re:Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S. by stonemetal on Monday July 29, 2013 @09:21AM (#6120876)
In Japan $1 = 100 yen Is the Yen equivalent to the dollar though?(are there fractional yen cents and that kind of thing) I guess since the exchange rate has been around that for as long as I have been alive, I have always thought of it as 1 Yen = 1 penny.
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Re:Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S. by acchow on Monday July 29, 2013 @11:45AM (#6121787)
> In Japan $1 = 100 yen Is the Yen equivalent to the dollar though?(are there fractional yen cents and that kind of thing)

Why is this relevant?

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Re:Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S. by stonemetal on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @12:47AM (#6125419)
It isn't, it is just that when the exchange rate comes up it is always expressed as yen vs dollars when it seems yen vs pennies seems more appropriate, same order of magnitude and what not.
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