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CurrenciesTokyo and Washington saw eye to eye on halting yen weaknessU.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama. (Source photos by Reuters, Nikkei)Nikkei staff writersAugust 2, 2026 23:41 JSTTOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. conducted a coordinated intervention to support the
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South Korea conducts rare forex intervention alongside Japan, source says
SEOUL, July 31 : South Korea's foreign exchange authorities conducted a rare dollar-selling intervention on Thursday, sending the won to a nine-month high, a market source said on Friday.Seoul's move came alongside Japan's yen-buying, dollar-selling market intervention in New York markets on Thursday, pulling the yen f
