USD/JPY edges higher to near 160.20 in Tuesday’s early Asian session. Speculation that the Fed will tighten its monetary policy supports the US Dollar. Japan’s Katayama said officials were prepared ...

It has been five weeks since the MOF first intervened, sending USD/JPY more than 500 pips lower. A second shot was fired just four days later, although it only generated a 300-pip decline. Even so, ...

USD/JPY depreciates as intervention fears and strong wage data support the Japanese Yen. Finance Minister Katayama warned of intervention as the Yen neared 160 per Dollar, ready to act if needed.

With markets fully already fully pricing in an interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan at its June meeting, Shinichiro Kadota, Barclays' Head of Japan FX and Rates Strategy, expects the dollar-yen ...

Yen watchers are on alert for the risk of intervention by authorities to prop up the currency after it hit its weakest level against the dollar since July 2024. Japan’s currency fell as much as 0.2% ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Persistent weakness in the yen and an expected hawkish shift for the Federal Reserve after a hot jobs report in the U.S. are expected to add pressure on the Bank of Japan to ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Japanese policymakers said on Tuesday they stood ready to act decisively against excessive yen falls ‌while remaining vigilant to rising bond yields that could hurt the ...

Japan’s trade balance swung to a deficit for the first time in four months as the weak yen inflated the value of imports, even as volumes fell. The trade balance flipped to a ¥378.6 billion ($2.36 ...

TOKYO—Japan aims to defend the yen’s credibility by strengthening its economy, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said, as the currency faces renewed selling pressure amid continued Middle East tensions.

Speculators have boosted their bets against the yen to a nine-year high, signaling the revival of the yen carry trade despite intervention risks and a potential rate hike by the Bank of Japan on ...

Tourists crowd around a suspension bridge in Kamikochi, a highland resort in Nagano Prefecture, on April 25, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The city of Matsumoto in central Japan may introduce a fee ...