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Japanese currency banknotes yen Yen’s plunge raises specter of new Asia currency crisis
TOKYO — The Japanese yen’s 12% plunge this year has traders wondering if the Group of Seven might have a currency crisis within their ranks. | The good news: not yet.... (photo: Creative Commons) Asiatimes
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Workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. Workers and activists across Asia and Europe hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals and European cities took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising... (photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim) The Day
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A man wearing a protective mask rides a bicycle in front of an electronic stock board showing currency trading rate including Japanese Yen at a securities firm Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Tokyo Yen surges on suspicion that Japan intervened in currency
Singapore — The yen jumped sharply against its peers on Monday after it slid past ¥160/$ earlier in the session, leading to speculation that Tokyo could have intervene... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko) Business Day
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