Japan committed to act appropriately on weak yen: finance minister

Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Thursday there is no change "at all" in the Japanese government's stance that it will act appropriately to address the weakening of the yen after it slipped past 155 to the U.S. dollarSpeaking in parliament, Suzuki said the government is carefully monitoring currency market developments but declined to comment further, amid market vigilance over a possible yen-buying dollar-selling operation to slow the Japanese currency's fall."We are closely watching market developments. There is no change at all in our resolve to respond appropriately based on this,"…READ FULL ARTICLE