Bank of Japan Governor Ueda is in parliament today:

Heads up for Bank of Japan Governor Ueda to speak today (from 9am Tokyo time)

Ueda:

  • Important for forex moves to reflect fundamentals
  • Our scheduled review won't have any pre-set idea in mind on specific monetary policy move
  • BOJ will take necessary policy action at each meeting, with eye on financial and price developments, even while conducting review

There is nothing here too surprising.

USD/JPY popping a little:

usdyen chart ueda 09 May 2023