Kishida Keeps Up Japan’s Warnings Against Excessive Yen Moves

  • Says important currencies move in line with fundamentals
  • Adds Japan will undertake FX policy in line with G7 agreements

Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes.

Photographer: Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned against the yen’s slide, pledging to act appropriately against excessive moves without excluding any options, in a continuation of the nation’s verbal defense against sharp moves in the yen.

Kishida spoke in a group interview with reporters on Friday with the yen not far from last week’s 34-year low against the dollar.