A big deal has been made about this, however it was inevitable and the only logical thing to do. With the substantial Yen debasement, Japan&#x27;s economy is now less than half the size of China&#x27;s. That will fall to 1&#x2F;4th in the next ten years. Even if China were to need to devalue their currency substantially over the coming years, as is being regularly argued now, that would pale in comparison to what Japan will do to its currency in the next decade or two in order to manage their debt disaster. There&#x27;s no sound argument for keeping the Yuan out of that IMF basket. The next decade economically will be about the US and China, with Japan and Russia fading further into the background, and the Eurozone continuing to struggle with Europe showing zero net growth (the UK will be a bright spot in Europe thanks to not being part of the Euro (see: the depression it has put Finland in)).