Japanese yen sinks to 40-year low against the US dollar as intervention looms

The Japanese yen has dropped to its lowest level against the US dollar in four decades, putting markets on alert for urgent action by Tokyo to halt a slide that record intervention and higher interest rates have so far failed to stop.

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