The Japanese Yen (JPY) is one of the world’s most traded currencies. Its value is broadly determined by the performance of the Japanese economy, but more specifically by the Bank of Japan’s policy, the differential between Japanese and US bond yields, or risk sentiment among traders, among other factors.

The yen rose after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) hiked rates on Friday and revised up its inflation forecasts, while the Australian and New Zealand dollars surged on U.S. President Donald Trump's comments suggesting a softer stance on tariffs against China.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.

Another 0.25 percentage-point hike to Japanese rates has come and gone without markets batting an eye. That is surely the point of the central bank’s drive to normalise monetary policy. With wages and prices on the up,

Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming US President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son of an immigrant pig farmer with a spectacular but also sketchy investment record. The aim is to build infrastructure to develop AI with an initial $100 billion and reaching $500 billion during Trump's second term,

The Japanese yen, widely regarded as a safe-haven currency, could experience heightened interest depending on Trump’s trade strategies. Escalating trade disputes would likely strengthen the yen ...

TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -Shares of Japanese automakers and South Korean battery makers declined on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico soon and revoked the previous administration's executive order on electric vehicles.

With Donald Trump back in the White House, Japanese companies operating in North ... Toyota pledged to invest an additional $10 billion (1.15 trillion yen at the exchange rate of that time ...

The uncertainty surrounding the impact of Trump's trade and immigration policies could support the JPY.

Donald Trump’s inauguration adds uncertainty to USD/JPY trends. Plans for punitive tariffs may spark risk aversion, prompting a flight to safety. This could unwind Yen carry trades, dragging USD ...

The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet stands at 35.7 percent, little changed from 36.5 percent last month, amid economic uncertainties, with most respondents fretting over U.

The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen on Thursday, as softer-than-expected U.S. economic data and growing confidence for a Bank of Japan interest-rate hike sent it tumbling to a near one-month low against the Japanese currency.