Top currency official meets press after intervention

Top currency official meets press after intervention

Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura meets the press in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, a day after Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market to arrest the yen's further fall after it weakened to around 160 to the dollar.

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