U.S. keeps Japan on currency monitoring list and warns against intervention

A pedestrian walks past an share price board showing the closing numbers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and a foreign exchange board showing the yen's rate against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Friday. | AFP-JIJI

Washington – The U.S. Treasury Department said Friday that Japan remains on a list of countries it monitors over potentially “unfair” currency practices, while noting that foreign exchange intervention should only take place in “very exceptional” cases amid the rapid weakening of the yen against the U.S. dollar. In a semiannual report to Congress on

Yen’s rapid fall not seen as positive for economy by Japan’s major firms

In a question about a desirable exchange range for the yen against the dollar, about half of the major firms that responded chose a zone between ¥110 and ¥115, compared with the current levels around ¥130. | BLOOMBERG

None of Japan’s major companies see the yen’s recent rapid fall as positive for the domestic economy, even as the currency’s weakening typically benefits its export-oriented economic structure, a survey showed Monday. In a Kyodo News survey covering 125 companies, of which 109 such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Softbank Group Corp. gave valid answers,

‘Mr. Yen’ urges Japan to take action if yen slips beyond ¥130 against dollar

Electronic quotation boards display foreign currency exchange rates, including the yen's rate against the U.S. dollar (center), at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on Monday. | AFP-JIJI

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