A spokesman for the Japanese government with verbal intervention to prop up the yen:

  • Won't comment on FX levels
  • important for currencies to move in a stable manner reflecting fundamentals
  • closely watching FX moves with a high sense of urgency, including speculative moves.

'Speculative' is code for they are not happy.

These comments follow similar earlier today:

USD/JPY update, back near 150.00:

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