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Bloomberg Analysis Points to ¥10 Trillion in Japan Yen Support as Markets Await MOF Figures

The MOF headline will help determine whether occasional market purchases can alter a yen decline driven by a wide US‑Japan interest‑rate gap.

BOJ Flags Possible June Rate Rise as Investors Reprice and Yields Surge

Japan Mounts Repeated Yen Buys as Holiday Interventions Top ¥10 Trillion

Japan Intervenes to Prop Up Yen

Yen Slides to 160 per Dollar, Reviving Intervention Watch

Japan Nominates Reflationists to BOJ Board as Ueda Keeps Near-Term Hike Option Open

Bank of Japan’s Tamura Says Inflation Is Sticky, Signals Room for Further Gradual Hikes

BOJ Absent From Global Statement Backing Powell After U.S. Legal Threat

Japan Real Wages Drop 2.8% in November as Bonus Slump Deepens Pay Squeeze

BOJ Summary Signals Further Hikes as Policy Remains Far From Neutral

BOJ Flags Wage-Led Inflation Goal as Government Warns Against Early Rate Hike

BOJ Minutes Point to Growing Case for Hike as Board Emphasizes Patience

Yen Near 154 as BOJ Holds at 0.5% and Minister Warns on Rapid Moves

BOJ Hawk Takata Says Now Is Prime Opportunity to Raise Rates as Markets Tilt to Early Move

Gold Holds Near Record High, Silver at Four‑Decade Peak as Markets Price Fed Cuts

BOJ to Sell ETF and JREIT Holdings at a Very Slow Pace as Tokyo Markets Whipsaw

Japan Real Wages Turn Positive for First Time in Seven Months

BOJ’s Nakagawa Cites U.S. Tariff Uncertainty, Puts Tankan in Focus for Policy Path

Japan Approves Record Minimum Wage Increase to 1,118 Yen, Overtaking South Korea

Tokyo Inflation Eases but Remains Above BoJ’s 2% Goal