Japanese yen drops below 150 to dollar
Only 17% of Japanese own a passport as weak yen weighs on travel
Even as swathes of tourists pour into Japan in record numbers, the country’s citizens are showing less enthusiasm to venture abroad with only one in six Japanese now owning a passport, according to data released by Japan’s foreign ministry on Thursday.
Japanese yen drops below 150 to the dollar
The U.S. dollar briefly fell below 150 yen for the first time this year early Thursday, as the Japanese currency is bolstered by expectations of more interest rate rises by the Bank of Japan and the buck is seen suffering from uncertainty over President Trump's tariff policies.
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