Yen soars against U.S. dollar

Yen soars against U.S. dollar

The Japanese yen surges against U.S. dollar on the morning of June 18 after Japan and the United States jointly intervened the New York currency market to stem the yen's slide. The board at Tokyo's Ueda Harlow Ltd. shows the yen traded at 135.65 against the previous day's close at 141.98-142.01.

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