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Japan may have spent as much as 5.48 trillion yen in yen-buying intervention, according to Bank of Japan data released on Friday. The intervention followed reports that Tokyo acted on Thursday to arrest a sharp yen slide.
The scale of spending signals strong official defense of the yen, which tends to cap dollar-based import costs for Japanese feed buyers.
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