Of course Sony's day to day business isn't dependent on Yen in Europe or the USA...
What I mean is, at the end of the fiscal year not being able to convert the currencies of day to day operations into Yen for Japanese accounting/taxation procedures hurts Sony since the components are often bought ahead of time. It would be ridiculous to expect Sony to buy like a new Sony store in the UK for 1 billion yen when they could pay in Pounds.
So there is some protection in not doing day to day business in Yen in Europe, the USA, where ever, but since they are headed in Japan, Sony's head honchos ultimately how many Yen the company has earned in the previous 12 months, based on the exchange rates of when the products were sold, so that it can honestly report to investors and Japan's government for assessment.
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