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        <title><![CDATA[Hiroko Komiya]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yen at 140 Opens Door to More Weakness But Not Intervention This Time]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yumi Teso]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 07:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swiss Franc Wins Battle of FX Havens With Four-Decade High Against Yen]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yumi Teso]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:39:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ueda Faces BOJ Bets That Won’t Go Away at Debut Decision]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Retail Investors Cut Yen Shorts on BOJ Tweak Bets]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hiroko Komiya]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 08:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Bonds Signal Ueda-Led BOJ May Keep Negative-Rate Policy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Masaki Kondo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Kazuo Ueda, professor of Graduate School of Economics at The University of Tokyo, speaks during the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Spring Membership Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Over 500 participants from around the globe gather for the 2-day meeting to discuss the critical issues in the financial industry.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japanese Make Record Foreign Bond Sales as Hedging Costs Rise]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Masaki Kondo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 04:15:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Resurgent Yen Faces Extra Boost From Insurers Chasing Hedges]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Masaki Kondo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:14:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Retail Traders Bearish Yen Bets Jump Amid Intervention]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:23:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Weather Agency Warns of Landslides, Floods Due to Storm]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Min-Jeong Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 06:09:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japanese Minister Nishimura Visits Yasukuni Shrine: Kyodo]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Min-Jeong Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 02:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 13: People walk past lit paper lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri summer festival at the Yasukuni Shrine on July 13, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. About 30,000 lanterns are displayed during the four-day traditional festival taking place during Tokyo&apos;s Bon period in July. The controversial Shinto shrine is dedicated to the souls of about 2.5 million Japanese men, women and children who died for their country. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Big Short on Japan Bonds Show Signs of Turning as Demand Returns]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 01:03:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, April 25, 2022. Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the Bank of Japan must keep applying monetary stimulus given the more subdued inflation dynamics in the country compared with the U.S., in remarks on April 22 that omitted any reference to the yen&apos;s depreciation.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Foreign Buyers Return to Japan Bond Market With Record Purchases]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 04:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yen Heads for Longest Rally in Six Months on Growth Fears Pivot]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Burgess]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 01:24:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Big Yen Short in Doubt for Global Traders Even as Tokyo Piles In]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Carson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Yen Is Now Resurgent Even as Broad Dollar Strength Persists]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 08:20:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yen Bulls See Turning Point After Biggest Annual Drop Since 2014]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Day Traders in Japan Bail Out of Bullish Lira Bets Amid Plunge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 04:04:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee hands 200 Turkish lira banknotes to a customer on the counter inside a foreign currency exchange bureau in the Beyoglu district of of Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A day after the latest call from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for lower borrowing costs to boost economic growth, the central bank reduced the cheaper liquidity it provides to primary dealers as part of its open market operations to zero from Aug. 12, according to a statement on Tuesday. Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yen Is Left Behind as Worst-Performer in Global Reflation Trade]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 22:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yield-Curve Control Experts Debate How Fed Could Juice Yen]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:46:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Japanese yen banknotes of various denominations are arranged for a photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The yen slipped 0.1 percent to 124.03 per dollar after better-than-expected data on U.S. housing and a continuing commodity rout boosted the greenback. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yen Primed for Rise Toward 100 as Fed Stimulus Saps Dollar]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chikako Mogi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes are arranged for a photograph in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Economists are ditching forecasts for the Bank of Japan to further expand its record easing this year amid signs that a recovering economy may spur inflation. Photographer: Akio Kon</media:description>
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