Yen shoots up to postwar high

Yen shoots up to postwar high

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 17, 2011, after the yen rose to its highest postwar level against the U.S. dollar the same day. Noda said the government will not comment on possible currency intervention.

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