Top Japanese steel firm ceases exports

• Story Highlights
• Tokyo Steel stops all exports because of soaring scrap prices and strong yen
  
• Company says it has ceased signing any new contracts from February
  
• The dollar dropped below 100 Japanese yen in March for first time since 1995
  
• Exports, mostly to South Korea and Southeast Asia, make up 20 percent of sales
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