Yen

The yen is the official currency of Japan. Its value relative to other currencies, particularly the US dollar, is a major focus of international trade and economic policy discussions.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its recent weakness, which has drawn attention from US officials and impacted travel and trade dynamics.

Latest on Yen

• Takaichi told during Trump talks that weak yen was hurting U.S. trade
• United, American Airlines up Japan routes to tap demand fueled by weak yen
• A New IEEE STEM Book Series for Tweens from TryEngineering
• Yen rises as Japanese officials say weak currency is problem
• Trump remarks on weak yen to Takaichi raise speculation on policy impact
• US, Japan finance chiefs discuss yen after Trump raises concerns in summit
• The finance minister also reiterated her readiness to again support the yen
• US, Japan finance chiefs discuss yen
• Trump raises concerns in summit
• BOJ conducts rate check, lifting yen to upper-156 range against dollar
• Investors on alert for a yen intervention
• Yen falls past 160 per dollar for first time since joint intervention

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