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History of Japan’s Intervention in Currency Markets

The timeline shows repeated, sometimes coordinated, yen-buying and dollar-selling operations, including a record 11.7 trillion yen intervention in July 2024.

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TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) - The yen jumped suddenly against the dollar on Thursday after what market sources said was official yen buying in New York hours, coordinated with intervention by South Korea. It lifted the yen from near four-decade lows and g...

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It was reported on the 31st that foreign exchange authorities in South Korea and Japan intervened in the market by selling dollars on the night of the 30th to slow the pace of their currency depreciation. As a result, the exchange rates of the won and the yen against the U.S. dollar surged in tandem. In the foreign exchange market, there is talk that "South Korea and Japan effectively launched a joint operation to lower their exchange rates." Th…

On July 30, the US dollar fell 2.6% against the Japanese yen, hitting a more than two-month low of 159.225. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

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WTVB broke the news on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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