The yen is pulling out of its corrective phase.
The upturn in the dollar's value earlier this year was not accompanied by a flight of money away from yen-based assets and, as such, cannot be sustained for long.
The yen's weakness prompted foreign investors to sell Japanese stocks to adjust their overbought positions and conclude forward yen-selling contracts to hedge their Japanese portfolios.
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