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japan
Finance
1 min read

Japan Consortium Plots Digital Yen

Participants include MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Mizuho Bank, Japan Post Bank, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., East Japan Railway, and Mitsubishi, as well as local governments. The Bank of Japan, Financial Services Agency of Japan, and three…

Chinese shoppers deterred by rising Japanese yen
Living
1 min read

Chinese shoppers deterred by rising Japanese yen

Japan is starting to lose its edge as a shopping holiday destination for Mainland Chinese. Mainland Chinese shoppers are likely to become increasingly discouraged by the rising value of the Japanese yen against the yuan, according to analysis by Nikkei and…

dollar yen
General
1 min read

Dollar drops against yen as risk-off mood persists

The dollar weakened against its main rivals Wednesday after a spate of weak economic data and the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book painted a troubling picture of the U.S. economy. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.12% a measure of the dollar’s strength against a…