{
  "id": 4098025,
  "title": "Japan Spends Record ¥15.3 Trillion in July-Aug. Forex Interventions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/japan-spends-record-15-3-trillion-in-july-aug-forex-interventions",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-29T03:50:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/jiji-press/20260829-346110/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japanese authorities spent a record ¥15.39 trillion on foreign exchange market interventions from July 30 to August 3, 2024, according to the Finance Ministry. The interventions aimed to curb the historic weakening of the yen, marking the largest monthly amount spent on such actions and the first series of yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions in about three months. The cumulative amount of foreign exchange intervention operations this year has surpassed ¥27 trillion, surpassing the previous annual record of about ¥15 trillion set in 2024.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}