By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, March 16 (Reuters) - The Japanese yen is one of the world's pre-eminent safe haven currencies - typically expected to strengthen in times of market turmoil. So why ...

Unlike in 2022 and 2024 when Tokyo intervened to counter yen selling linked to carry trades exploiting U.S.-Japan rate gaps, ...

The surge in oil prices combined with a sagging yen raises the risk that Japan will slide into stagflation, prompting the government to ramp up fiscal spending while complicating the central bank’s ...

TOKYO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Friday signalled heightened vigilance over currency moves, telling parliament the government is monitoring the yen's recent ...

An analysis has shown that the real value of the Japanese yen last month fell to its lowest level since Japan adopted a floating exchange rate system in 1973, dropping to one-third of its peak level ...

Stocks fell Monday in Tokyo after conflict in the Middle East escalated over the weekend and the price of oil jumped, while the yen also weakened as traders and investors evaluated its safe-haven ...

(Bloomberg) — Japan is monitoring financial markets with the utmost vigilance and will take any necessary action in response to sharp movements, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said, as volatility ...

TOKYO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities took the initiative in conducting the January "rate checks" to prop up the yen and were ready to conduct joint intervention on Japan's request, the Nikkei ...

Politics have helped dragged the Japanese yen to its lowest in two weeks, but investors shouldn’t count on that continuing. Tokyo has a $2.2 trillion backstop for its currency.