In the Tokyo market, dollar-yen edged back into the mid-¥157 range and held firm after morning yen buying. Trading was driven by speculation surrounding the BOJ meeting minutes.
In afternoon trading on the 5th, dollar-yen rose to around ¥157.60, with the day's trading range at ¥157.30-¥157.81.
Yen buying intensified in the morning, prompted by reports on the minutes of the BOJ Monetary Policy Meeting and other factors, but later subsided, leaving major currencies broadly supported.
Euro-yen traded in a ¥181.54-¥181.96 range, while euro-dollar traded at 1.1527-1.1540.