Japan may have intervened in FX market by spending $36.58 billion to buy yen

TOKYO, Aug 3 : Japan may have spent as much as $36.58 billion to buy yen in the latest action aimed at strengthening the local currency, central bank data indicated on Monday, continuing an effort to bring the yen's value back from historic lows against the U.S. dollar.The Bank of Japan's projection for money market co

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama declined to comment on whether currency market intervention was conducted on Monday morning, hours

Lawmakers from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have launched a group aimed at promoting the rapidly growing trading card industry, seeing its potential as a globally competitive content sector. The group, consisting of some 20 lawmakers, is seeking to improve the trading card environment by setting up rul