Tokyo and Washington took joint action to support yen: Media
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Tokyo and Washington took joint action to support yen: Media

Washington and Tokyo jointly intervened to shore up the Japanese yen for the first time in nearly 30 years after the currency sank to its weakest level in decades, the…

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