Japan on Thursday stepped into the foreign exchange market amid the yen's abrupt fall, the Finance Ministry said, in its first intervention to prop up the currency in 24 years, as rising import costs have been dragging down the country's broader economy.The surprise market operation comes as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been urged to take measures to alleviate the negative impact of price hikes hurting the household and corporate sectors, with his Cabinet's public approval rating decreasing recently.Later Thursday, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said at a press conference that the gov…READ FULL ARTICLE