The yen (Japanese: 円, symbol: ¥; code: JPY) is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar and the euro. [2] It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro.

3 days ago · yen, monetary unit of Japan. The yen was divided into 100 sen and into 1,000 rin until 1954, when these tiny denominations were removed from circulation.

1 day ago · Japan's latest foray into the exchange-rate market was in 2024, when it bought yen to prop up the currency from a nearly three-decade low of 161.99 to the dollar hit in early July.

2 days ago · USDJPY | A complete Japanese Yen currency overview by MarketWatch. View the currency market news and exchange rates to see currency strength.

23 hours ago · The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.

22 hours ago · Citigroup Inc. expects the yen to strengthen against the dollar as US authorities seek to address the Japanese currency’s weakness as part of the upcoming trade negotiations.

2 days ago · The Japanese currency strengthened to the 140-yen level against the dollar in Tokyo on Monday. It's the first time in about seven months that the yen has climbed to that range. The move comes ...

Apr 30, 2024 · Over the last three years, the yen has lost more than one-third of its value. The currency is now back to where it was following the collapse of a huge asset bubble in the early 1990s.

Aug 25, 2022 · JPY is the abbreviation for the Japanese yen, the currency of Japan. The yen is often represented with a symbol that looks like the capital letter Y with two horizontal dashes through the center:...