All of this news on the collapsing economy is scaring me into investing my money (something which I have been burnt bad by in the past.) I was considering putting around 5 thousand in Japanese Yen and buying more each month. What do you think, good investment or not?

Why Japanese Yen? They're losing value as we speak aren't they?
I want to buy Yuan but I'm still not sure how to do it?

http://local.yahoo.com/IL/Chicago/Legal+Financial+Services/Currency+Exchanges

http://www.wmeinc.com/

http://www.thinkglink.com/Currency_Exchanges.htm

All of this news on the collapsing economy is scaring me into investing my money (something which I have been burnt bad by in the past.) I was considering putting around 5 thousand in Japanese Yen and buying more each month. What do you think, good investment or not?
Dont invest anything until you have spent several months reading good investment books.

I recommend:

1. Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham
2. Buffettology by Mary Buffet
3. Investing the Templeton Way by Lauren Templeton
4. Crash Proof by Peter Schiff