Japan watching currency moves with "vigilance": senior official

The Japanese government continues to monitor the currency market with "high vigilance," the country's top currency official said Thursday, after the U.S. dollar made volatile moves against the yen in the wake of the release of U.S. employment data."We have not at all let our guard down," Atsushi Mimura, vice finance minister for international affairs, told reporters.His remarks came after the dollar shot up by around 1 yen to the upper 154 yen level following the release of stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data on Wednesday. The currency soon fell back to the 153 yen range.The move fueled s…READ FULL ARTICLE