U.S. puts Japan back on currency manipulator watch list after 1 year

The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday it has once again put Japan on a list of major trading partners that it monitors for potentially unfair foreign exchange practices.It is the first time since June last year for Japan to be on the "monitoring" list. In its biannual report to Congress, the department also placed six other economies on the list -- China, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.The department said Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Vietnam all met the criteria for having a significant trade surplus with the United States as well as a notable current account surplus.Fo…READ FULL ARTICLE