The most active trading sessions for the USD/JPY take place in Tokyo, London and New York. Day traders look mostly to the London and New York sessions but those trading wishing to trade on the Asian markets can do so between 2400 GMT - 0900 GMT.
USD/JPY has traditionally been the most politically sensitive currency pair, with successive U.S. governments using the exchange rate as a lever in trade negotiations with Japan. For day-to-day trading, the most significant feature of USD/JPY is the heavy influence exerted by Japanese institutional investors and asset managers.
The USD/JPY has recently dipped below 101.00. Read the Daily Forex USD to Japanese Yen forecast and get access to the most up-to-date statistics, analyses and economic events regarding the USD/JPY.
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For the second day in a row, the USD / JPY pair is trying to recover its recent losses, which reached 107.20 support, its lowest level for almost a month, settling around 108.05 at the time of writing.
The US dollar bounced a bit during the trading session on Friday to recover against the Japanese yen, showing signs of life again.
The US dollar broke down during the trading session on Thursday against the Japanese yen and what had been massive volatility.
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The weakness of the US dollar, investors risk aversion, and the return to safe havens contributed to the evaporation of the USD / JPY gains,
The US dollar initially tried to rally during the Wednesday trading session against the Japanese yen but has pulled back towards the ¥108 level.
Positive US retail sales for June supported gains for the US dollar versus other major currencies, and the price of the USD/JPY pair moved towards 108.37 after testing 107.80 support at the beginning of yesterday's session
The US dollar has broken higher after initially dropping against the Japanese yen during the day on Tuesday, breaking above the top of the inverted hammer that formed for the Monday session.
For four consecutive trading sessions, the USD/JPY pair has stabilized around and below the 108.00 psychological support level, with losses reaching support at 107.80.
The US dollar has rallied a bit during the Monday session against the Japanese yen but gave back the gains to form a rather lackluster looking candle stick.
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With the beginning of this week’s trading, the USD / JPY pair rebounded to the 108.98 resistance level, but with the US Federal Reserve's signs of nearing the US interest rate cut, the pair fell to the 107.85 level
The US dollar initially tried to rally during the trading session on Friday but then collapsed against the Japanese yen as the greenback got sold off against just about everything.
The US dollar initially broke down during the trading session on Thursday but found enough support just below the ¥180 level to turn things around and form a massive hammer.
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Sign up to get the latest market updates and free signals directly to your inbox.Strong signs from the US central bank of a near US interest rate cut contributed to stronger losses for the US dollar against other major currencies.
The US dollar fell rather hard against the Japanese yen during the trading session on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell released his opening remarks for the Humphrey Hawkins congressional testimony.
For the fourth day in a row, the USD / JPY pair moved up towards the 108.98 resistance level the time of writing, the highest level in one month.