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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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Japan's intervention to stem yen's fall vs. dollar

A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, shows a graph of dollar/yen exchange rate movements, including the dollar's sudden plunge on April 30. Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market that day to stem the dollar's surge to the upper 160 yen range, government sources said.

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Japan's intervention to stem yen's fall vs. dollar

A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, shows a graph of dollar/yen exchange rate movements, including the dollar's sudden plunge on April 30. Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market that day to stem the dollar's surge to the upper 160 yen range, government sources said.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Finance minister's comments on currency market

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, hinting at stepping into the currency market to arrest the dollar's further rise against the yen as the U.S. currency spurted to the mid-160 yen level earlier in the day.

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Dollar tumbles to 156 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 156 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Dollar comes close to 160 yen

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar surging to the first half of the 159 yen level on March 12, 2026.

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Dollar tops 159 yen

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar topping 159 yen for the first time since mid-January, on March 12, 2026, in a flight to safety amid continued conflict in the Middle East.

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US: Snow and Whiteout Conditions Persist in Upstate New York After Record Storm

Snow continued across parts of the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday, February 25, following a record-breaking storm that buried areas from Maryland to Maine, disrupting commutes and daily life. This video shows whiteout conditions in Altmar, New York, with large, quarter- to half-dollar–sized snowflakes falling as a winter weather advisory remained in effect for several upstate counties through Thursday.

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Dollar hits 2-month low in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar hitting a two-month low in the upper 153 yen range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Dollar hits 2-month low in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar hitting a two-month low in the upper 153 yen range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Dollar hits 2-month low in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar hitting a two-month low in the upper 153 yen range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Dollar tumbles in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar tumbling to the lower 154 yen level on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, down about 3 yen from the previous week, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Exchange rate

Exchange rate monitors at Gaitame.com show the Japanese yen trading at 155 to the U.S. dollar on the morning of Jan. 24, 2026, in Tokyo.

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Exchange Rate

HAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 20, 2026 - A Construction Bank employee is counting US dollar cash in Hai'an City, Jiangsu Province, China on January 20, 2026.

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Exchange Rate

HAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 20, 2026 - A Construction Bank employee is counting US dollar cash in Hai'an City, Jiangsu Province, China on January 20, 2026.

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Japan finance minister on yen's depreciation

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2026, following the yen's depreciation to 159 against the U.S. dollar amid speculation that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will accelerate expansionary fiscal policy after an expected general election.

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Dollar nears 160 yen

Financial monitors at a currency exchange company in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2026, show the dollar rising above the 159 yen line for the first time since July 2024.

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