US President Donald Trump says helping to bolster the Japanese currency is a sign of friendship.
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Read the full report at Al JazeeraJapan's finance ministry said Monday it conducted a coordinated yen-buying intervention with the U.S. Treasury on Friday.
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WorldPingBoth countries have said that they will not hesitate to conduct joint interventions in the future.
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WorldPingThe U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets.
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Following the joint involvement the yen now sits at ¥157 to the dollar, down from just above ¥163, which represented its lowest level in four decades.
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WorldPingResidents of Japan’s quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto are working to clear their homes in intense heat, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi briefly visited Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday for the first time since a magnitude 7.1 quake hit Japan...
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