The soaraway yen and the gathering clouds of trade war are doing wonders for Japanese inward investment in the US: NEC is considering setting up a manufacturing plant for its NEC Home Electronics Multispeed laptop in Dallas, and for its Advanced Personal Computer at NEC Information Systems in Lexington, Massachusetts; Toshiba is considering US manufacture of its T1100 and T3100 lap-tops, and Seiko Epson has made already decided to make its Personalikes in Portland, Oregon.