Economy
Trump Says Japan Asked for Help as Washington Buys Yen
Asked by reporters about the US buying yen, Trump said it was to support Japan's currency, that Japan was suffering under a weak yen and needed a little help, and that the purchase was a token of friendship. Japan's government and the Bank of Japan are understood to have acted in coordination with Washington. Japanese readers spent less time on whether intervention works and more on what Japan had just put on the tab.