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The yen rose 2.3% against the dollar last week and hit its strongest level since September on Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2025
Hedge funds and asset managers boost bullish yen bets amid tariffs
The yen has been one of the best performers against the dollar this month as investors anticipate that the trade war may hurt global economic growth.
Japan's top currency official Masato Kanda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 12, 2024
BOJ rate check fuels yen intervention speculation after a big gain
Several market participants said?911±¬ÁÏÍø central bank had called and asked for indicative exchange rates against the euro.
The dollar¡¯s reign has wreaked havoc across currency markets, especially in Japan where ultralow interest rates have sent the yen spiraling down more than 11% against the greenback this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 22, 2024
Dollar winning streak extends into fifth week as yen slumps
The dollar¡¯s reign has wreaked havoc in Japan where low interest rates have sent the yen spiraling down more than 11% against the greenback this year.
The dollar¡¯s about-face came after Fed Chair Jerome Powell waved off worries that the central bank may raise interest rates again.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 1, 2024
The dollar¡¯s rally falters as signs of cooling ease Fed fears
The dollar¡¯s about-face came after Fed Chair Jerome Powell waved off worries that the central bank may raise interest rates again.
A man rides a bicycle past an electronic screen displaying the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies in Tokyo earlier this month.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 18, 2024
Short yen wagers linger due to gap between U.S.-Japan rate paths
The gulf between Japan¡¯s ultralow interest rate and U.S. rates stuck at a two-decade high is keeping the pressure on the yen.
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 2, 2024
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
The yen advanced more than 3% and hit ?153.04 per dollar as more than $4 billion of yen-related futures were exchanged.
Japan's government debt has grown to the equivalent of more than 250% of the nation¡¯s economy, more than any of its peers.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 30, 2024
Japan¡¯s debt dilemma may doom any FX intervention, Brooks says
The consequences have been a sharply weaker yen, which has lost more than a quarter of its value against the U.S. dollar since March 2022.
An electronic board shows the rate of the yen versus the U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Feb. 26.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 2, 2024
Yen¡¯s carry-trade reign in flux as BOJ hints at policy shift
As speculation builds that the BOJ will change its path, so does the potential for the yen to strengthen.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 1, 2023
Japan ramps up yen intervention warning after BOJ-fueled sell-off
The broad decline toward ?152 to the dollar has the currency around the threshold that a year ago drove 911±¬ÁÏÍø authorities to swoop in to prop it up.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2023
Yen strengthens through ?140 as bulls bet on turning point
Predictions that the yen was poised for a 10% rally as Japan relented on its ultradovish monetary policy have yet to pan out, but signs that the currency is at a turning point are mounting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 7, 2023
Yen has scope to jump around 60% if BOJ normalizes and Fed eases
Within the ?136 to the dollar range, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø currency is around 30% cheaper than its 'equilibrium fair value,' a level that analysts peg at around ?100 per dollar.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 5, 2022
The year¡¯s big yen short set for a dramatic U-turn in 2023
Analysts' bullishness is a marked change in tune from September, when hedge funds couldn't get enough of shorting the yen ¡ª a high profile casualty of the BOJ's ultradovish monetary policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2022
Putin¡¯s financial fortress blunts impact of threatened sanctions
U.S. President Joe Biden says planned sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine would have 'a devastating impact¡± on its economy, but economists say Russia is ready.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ?100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Japan must correct Trump¡¯s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan¡¯s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ?12,000.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ?100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan¡¯s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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