Foreign exchange interventions by the Bank of Japan have become rare and the further weakening of the yen in recent weeks has yet to trigger one. While there are some arguments in favour of using FX interventions as a policy tool in Japan, it is questionable why a country struggling with low inflation for decades should try to prevent its currency from weakening.
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