Foreign investors' stepped-up purchases of Japanese equities -- the main catalyst for the yen's rise last year -- are no longer playing a major role in daily market activity.
Behind the yen's weakness in recent weeks are moves by foreign investors to sell yen to hedge against losses on their Japanese portfolios.
Japanese institutional investors, on the other hand, are selling yen for dollars to unwind their hedge against losses on their foreign portfolios.
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