Global Market | A history of Japan's biggest interventions to support the yen

New York Fed sells euros to buy yen following recent speculation that Tokyo intervened to support Japan’s currency

Japan steps in with rate yen intervention as currency weakness complicates the policy path.

The Japanese yen recorded its strongest one-day gain against the U.S. dollar in nearly two years after suspected intervention by Japanese authorities. The move adds to a long history of currency market interventions, from the Plaza Accord to recent efforts to curb excessive yen…