Here's a round up of earlier news from Japan ICYMI
PM Abe:
- 3 arrows of Abenomics has corrected strong yen
- increase in tourists not just just due to fx levels
Fin Min Aso:
- no plans to refinance older JGBs
- Japan promised not to refinance JGBs when it got rid of the clause allowing this
- any change to that would damage the trust in the nation
No suggestions of any easing any time soon.
Earlier the Nikkei closed up +0.77% at 17,134.37. USDJPY currently 113.57 near session highs of 113.68 .