Japanese PM Kishida will hold a news conference at 0230 GMT (2230 US Eastern time)

  • 11.30 am Tokyo time. The news has hit that he is not running for reelection

The yen is liking the news:

Kishida is said to be stepping down in response to funding scandals he is taking responsibility for. I'm not totally across Japanese election funding scandals (apart from knowing rule 1 of funding scandals anywhere is "don't get caught") but that's the scuttlebutt.

While not a huge yen response its notable. Are yen buyers expecting the new PM, whoever that may be, to be more supportive of Bank of Japan tightening?

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