# Japan’s July 31 currency intervention may have totaled about ¥5.33 trillion

https://mins.news/en/item/12413

- Toyo Keizai, 2026-08-03 14:45 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/953613?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=http&utm_campaign=link_back

> As the yen weakened sharply, Japan and the United States may have coordinated a yen-buying intervention for the first time in 28 years. Japan is believed to have injected roughly 5.33 trillion yen into the operation. Movements in the Bank of Japan’s current-account balances appear to point to an intervention of that scale.

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