Korea now wealthier than Japan — time to retire the "anti-Japan war-cry"
South Korea's exports totaled $496.7 billion in the first half of this year. Japan's stood at 60.6581 trillion yen. Converted at Japan's Ministry of Finance's average dollar-yen exchange rate for the period — 158.24 yen per dollar — that comes to $383.3 billion. Korea exported $113.4 billion more than Japan, a full 29.6% higher. Given the population differen..