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Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–The dollar plummeted to briefly fall below 156 yen for the first time in roughly three months in Tokyo trading Monday, after Japanese and U.S. authorities intervened in the market to buy the Japanese currency in concerted action

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up more than 1,600 points Monday morning, after a coordinated yen-buying foreign exchange market intervention by Japanese and U.S. authorities pushed up the Japanese currency. At 10:18 a.m., the index

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People plans to refrain from joining the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party for the time being. Some in the LDP sought to realize the

Washington, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. authorities conducted a yen-buying intervention in the currency market at the request of Japan. “They have a weakening yen, and they wanted a little bit of help,” Trump told reporters

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Ministry of Finance said Monday that it conducted a yen-buying currency market intervention Friday, U.S. Eastern time, “in coordination with” the U.S. Treasury Department. Japanese Minister of Finance Satsuki Katayama said in a statement that the

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visited Andong, South Korea, in mid-May for talks with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, underscoring the steady improvement in bilateral relations after years of strain over historical and territorial disputes. Since Lee took

New York, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese players appeared in a game for a new U.S. women’s professional baseball league that kicked off Saturday. Right-handed pitcher Ayami Sato, from Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, took the mound for the Los Angeles Queens in the

Tokyo, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and U.S. governments are considering issuing a joint statement aimed at stemming the yen’s depreciation against the dollar, informed sources said Sunday. After Japanese and U.S. authorities are believed to have conducted a coordinated yen-buying intervention

Ise, Mie Pref., Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko visited Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday. Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, observed traditional ceremonies related to the Shikinen

Kumamoto, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has risen to 38 as two more deaths have been confirmed, the prefectural disaster response headquarters said Sunday. A woman in her 70s died while sleeping