Japan chief cabinet secretary Matsuno:
- will take appropriate steps on excess FX moves
- closely watching FX moves with a high sense of ugency
- no comment on daily forex moves
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We've had fin min Suzuki with his remarks earlier:
Japan finance minister Suzuki says cannot tolerate excessive FX move driven by speculators
And, still to come:
Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda to speak from 0050 GMT
All this is weighing on USD/JPY somewhat, but the dribble lower has been small:
