There is little that the Japanese government can do to engineer a fundamental shift in sentiment towards the yen, which is being driven by developments elsewhere. A change in rhetoric from the Bank of Japan might at least make the markets pause for thought, but the authorities will probably try to muddle through in the hope that external factors bring the currency down again.
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