The US has bought up yen to strengthen the currency for the first time in almost 30 years, with the moves raising questions about America’s motives The US has launched a bid to prop up the value of the yen, marking an extraordinary coordinated intervention with Japan’s government to halt the curr...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/03/trump-japan-currency-yen-explainer)