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Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has said a recent government intervention in the currency market was effective to some extent, in the first official acknowledgment of the action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/04/economy/japan-finance-minister-intervention-remark/

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The government will warn of the pain a weak yen may inflict on households in this year's long-term economic policy road map, a draft shows, as policymakers grow increasingly concerned about the currency's declines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/04/japan-economic-policy-weak-yen/ #business #japaneseeconomy #forex #yen #boj #consumerspending #wages #inflation

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Japan spent a record ¥9.8 trillion ($62.2 billion) in the past month to prop up the yen after it fell to a 34-year low against the dollar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/01/economy/japan-yen-intervention-spend-record/ #business #economy #boj #yen #japaneseeconomy #inflation #forex

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With the recent focus on the yen and a resurgence in interest in individual investing, the phrase Mrs. Watanabe — already one of the most common pieces of jargon in Japanese financial circles — has seen a resurgence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/29/japan/japanese-retail-investors/

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BlackRock's head of Japan active investments warns that investing in Japanese stocks will become harder if the yen continues to weaken. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/markets/weak-yen-drives-foreign-investors-away/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #investments #stocks

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As the yen plumbs new lows, some investors are pondering an almost unthinkable scenario in a region busy bolstering falling exchange rates — a series of competitive devaluations that starts a new Asian currency war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/markets/weak-yen-asia-currency-war/

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Contrary to popular belief, the financial system isn't broken; it functions precisely as intended. Inflation, often seen as a drawback, actually serves as a deliberate mechanism to discourage saving and incentivize investing.

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Japan’s foreign currency reserves dropped by $14 billion in April, a fall that appears to reflect a decline in the value of foreign securities holdings rather than intervention in the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/economy/japan-foreign-reserve/ #business #economy #yen #forex #japaneseeconomy #masatokanda

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Japan may have to take action against any disorderly, speculative-driven foreign exchange moves, the government's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday, reinforcing Tokyo's readiness to intervene again to support a fragile yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/07/markets/japan-forex-chief-warning-on-yen/ #business #markets #yen #forex #masatokanda #financeministry #japaneseeconomy

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Japan’s finance minister declined to confirm whether Japan stepped into the market to support the yen with intervention earlier this week, keeping traders guessing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/04/markets/suzuki-yen-intervention-guess/

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Japanese officials may have spent some ¥3.66 trillion ($23.59 billion) to pull the yen back from near 34-year lows, Bank of Japan data suggested. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/japan-intervention-3-trillion/

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Although current FX interventions are not yet a significant concern for the Treasury market, large-scale interventions by major holders like Japan or China could pose risks in the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/02/japan-exhausts-intervention-slush-fund/

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Japan’s companies are expressing unusual discomfort with the weak yen, just as the country’s government appears to be stepping in to prop up the tumbling currency, with its sustained decline making planning difficult. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/companies/japan-firms-struggle-with-weak-yen/

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The yen soared against the dollar late on Wednesday, as many suspected Japan's monetary authorities aimed to prop up the beleaguered currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/markets/yen-climbs-dollar-intervention/

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After months of warning that it might intervene in the currency market, Japanese finance authorities appeared to have finally made a move on Monday to curb the pace of yen’s weakening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-intervention-suspected/

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Japan's top currency diplomat said Tuesday that authorities were ready to deal with foreign exchange matters "24 hours," while declining to comment on whether Tokyo had intervened to prop up the yen a day earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-kanda-intervention-questions/

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As the yen continues to fall against other major currencies, the focus is on when the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan might intervene in the currency market to support the yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/28/markets/yen-drops-past-158/

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The yen swung sharply from the day’s low to near its high amid jittery trading in the wake of the Bank of Japan’s decision to keep monetary policy unchanged. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/26/yen-jittery-trading-boj-rates/

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The yen weakened beyond ¥155 per dollar for the first time in more than three decades, heightening the possibility Japan will step into the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/25/markets/yen-falls-past-155/

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Japan is on the brink of currency intervention if the yen weakens any further, according to Mitsuhiro Furusawa, a former top currency official. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/24/markets/forex-yen-intervention-close/

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Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has said that last week's meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts laid the groundwork for Tokyo to act against excessive yen moves, issuing the strongest warning to date on the chance of intervention. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/23/markets/japan-finance-minister-strongest-warning-on-yen/

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The Bank of Japan is widely expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged Friday, with investors focusing on any hints of a less dovish tilt as the yen trades around a 34-year low. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/23/economy/boj-policy-meet-preview/ #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #yen #forex #negativeinterestrates

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The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to "consult closely" on foreign exchange markets in their first trilateral finance dialogue on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/18/economy/us-japan-skorea-finance-chiefs-meet/

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With the yen repeatedly declining to fresh historic lows against the U.S. dollar, speculation has been rife that Japan could intervene in the currency market at any time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/17/markets/yen-intervention/

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A tumbling yen is spurring traders to game plan how much further Japan’s beleaguered currency can fall even with the specter of intervention looming. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/16/markets/yen-traders-brace-for-160/

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