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Japan’s Trade Negotiator Akazawa: Any discussions on US Treasuries would be led by Kato

Japan’s Chief Trade Negotiator and Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Thursday that “any discussions on US Treasuries would be led by Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato.”

“Not aware of any discussions on US Treasuries,” he further noted.

Market reaction

At the time of writing, USD/JPY is trading at 143.71, down 0.56% on the day.

Japanese Yen PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of Japanese Yen (JPY) against listed major currencies today. Japanese Yen was the strongest against the US Dollar.

USDEURGBPJPYCADAUDNZDCHF
USD-0.59%-0.19%-0.57%-0.18%-0.03%-0.18%-0.71%
EUR0.59%0.40%0.00%0.41%0.54%0.41%-0.10%
GBP0.19%-0.40%-0.39%0.01%0.13%-0.00%-0.52%
JPY0.57%0.00%0.39%0.39%0.53%0.35%-0.13%
CAD0.18%-0.41%-0.01%-0.39%0.15%-0.02%-0.53%
AUD0.03%-0.54%-0.13%-0.53%-0.15%-0.12%-0.64%
NZD0.18%-0.41%0.00%-0.35%0.02%0.12%-0.52%
CHF0.71%0.10%0.52%0.13%0.53%0.64%0.52%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Japanese Yen from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent JPY (base)/USD (quote).

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Dhwani Mehta

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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