Japan finance minister Aso: Japan government’s June growth strategy will include GPIF

Japan finance minister Aso:

• Said on Friday that the government will include a role of the country’s $1.26-trillion public pension fund (Government Pension Investment Fund) in its growth strategy to be unveiled in June

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Headline only , I’ll keep an eye out for further details over the long weekend.

USD/JPY has popped as high as 102.57 on the Tokyo fix and has settled back just below 102.50. Other currencies not doing a lot on the holiday (China and Japan open today in this timezone).