Tag: japanese yen

U.S. Treasury buys up yen in bid to bolster the battered Japanese currency

The move comes after the central bank indicated possible intervention, with an expected announcement likely to serve as a warning against speculation.

The weak yen is becoming Japan's new normal (KOR)

Japan’s currency slide reflects structural economic shifts, raising doubts that intervention alone can restore the yen’s long-held safe-haven status.

The weak yen is becoming Japan's new normal

Japan’s currency slide reflects structural economic shifts, raising doubts that intervention alone can restore the yen’s long-held safe-haven status.

Weakening won, yielding yen

Why Korea needs a stronger won (KOR)

Japan’s post-Fukushima yen surge offers a lesson as the won stays weak despite Korea’s solid growth, trade surplus and market gains.

Why Korea needs a stronger won

Japan’s post-Fukushima yen surge offers a lesson as the won stays weak despite Korea’s solid growth, trade surplus and market gains.

Strong yen dampens Koreans’ appetite for Japan travel

As the won-yen exchange rate exceeded 1,000 won per 100 yen for the first time in two years, hundreds of anxious Korean travelers took to online forums voicing their concerns about the potential end of the discounted yen era.