North Korea is considering suspending nuclear talks with United States

The headlines helping the yen to gain

• North Korea is considering suspending nuclear talks with United States

Tass citing Nth Korean deputy foreign minister

And:

• North Korea has no intention to yield to united states' demands
• North Korean leader Kim set to make official announcement on his position regarding talks with united states

Note also that the Unification Ministry earlier noted that the North Korean head of the Kaesong inter-Korean liaison office had not attended inter-Korean weekly Friday meetings since February 22nd.

USD/JPY had been falling after the 'as expected' BOJ announcement (even leading into it … ps. moves are small only) - this given the yen a further little boost.