{
  "id": 6214804,
  "title": "By Dumping US Treasuries to Prop Up the Yen, Japan’s Foreign Currency Reserves Plunged by $95 Billion in August. But Don’t Cry for Japan. These Interventions Are Hugely Profitable",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/by-dumping-us-treasuries-to-prop-up-the-yen-japans-foreign-currency",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-08T02:04:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wolf Street",
    "slug": "wolf-street",
    "url": "https://wolfstreet.com/2026/09/07/by-dumping-us-treasuries-to-prop-up-the-yen-japans-foreign-currency-reserves-plunged-by-95-billion-in-august-but-dont-cry-for-japan-these-interventions-are-hugely-profitable/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government is already busy fighting over what to do with the $31 billion in profits on its foreign exchange interventions last fiscal year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}