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Reuters file photo Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki attends a news conference during the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, following last month’s deadly earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco, October 13, 2023.
Reuters
11:08 JST, October 27, 2023
TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Japan will continue to respond to the currency market “with a strong sense of urgency,” Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told reporters on Friday, as the yen weakened past 150 against the U.S. dollar.
“It’s important for currencies to move stably reflecting fundamentals,” Suzuki said. “Excessive currency volatility is undesirable.”
Suzuki, while repeating his usual mantra on market moves, declined to comment further when asked whether there had been any recent currency intervention.
The Japanese currency broke past 150 yen to the dollar this week to reach its weakest level since October last year when authorities intervened in the market to stem the weakness.
The 150 yen line is perceived by investors as a danger zone that could trigger currency intervention by Japanese authorities.
