Japan finance ministry, BOJ, FSA to meet to discuss financial markets
Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki prepares to ring a bell during the New Year ceremony marking the open of trading in 2022 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
TOKYO : Officials from Japan's Finance Ministry, Bank of Japan and Financial Services Agency will meet at 4:45 p.m. (0745 GMT) on Thursday to discuss global financial markets, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said.
Japanese authorities on Wednesday stepped up their verbal intervention against a weakening yen, with Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki saying he was concerned about "somewhat rapid and one-sided" moves in the yen.
He spoke as the dollar surged past 144 yen.
Source: Reuters
