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DroidKnight said:

I'm probably wrong, but I thought they purchased all parts through longterm contract bids that locked in set pricing years ago.  

Edit: I didn't think they paid one price for a chip one month and then another price for the same chip a different month. Or for any of the parts.  

International contracts are signed in US dollars and the Japanese end consumers aren't paying them in dollars. That's the problem here.