The USD/JPY exchange rate rose to 150.6410 on October 7, 2025, up 0.20% from the previous session. Over the past month, the Japanese Yen has weakened 2.22%, and is down by 1.69% over the last 12 months. Japanese Yen - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

The amount of Japanese yen that could be bought with USD kept increasing since September 2020. As of October 6, 2025, the exchange rate reached approximately 149.61 Japanese yen. The average (standardized) measure is based on the calculation of many observations throughout the period in question. It is therefore different from an annual measure at a point, which reflects concrete values as of the end of the year.

The USD/JPY exchange rate rose to 151.8990 on October 7, 2025, up 1.03% from the previous session. Over the past month, the Japanese Yen has weakened 3.07%, and is down by 2.54% over the last 12 months. Japanese Yen - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

The USD/JPY exchange rate rose to 151.9070 on October 7, 2025, up 1.04% from the previous session. Over the past month, the Japanese Yen has weakened 3.08%, and is down by 2.54% over the last 12 months. Japanese Yen - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

One pound was worth increasingly more Japanese yen as 2024 progressed, leading to the highest values since 2012. The GBP/JPY currency pair is not as widely traded on the global forex market as other coins, but does reflect the impact of a weakening yen. The Japanese economy suffers from a growing trade deficit, and also has a sizable difference between domestic and foreign interest rates.

The yen continued to weaken against the pound in September 2025, as investors questioned the country's economic plans and recent developments in the global market. This is a different situation than in, for example, September 2022, when the UK government announced its plans to roll out trickle-down economics in the country—financial measures that would mostly benefit the wealthier parts of UK society and that would eventually “spill over” to other parts of the country. Such measures had been introduced before in the United Kingdom during the 1980s—when GDP did increase overall. Nevertheless, many economists and investors believed the current plans were “risky” or “an experiment,” as the economy suffered from issues on the demand side.

A graphic that displays the dollar performance against other currencies reveals that economic developments had mixed results on currency exchanges. The third quarter of 2023 marked a period of disinflation in the euro area, while China's projected growth was projected to go up. The United States economy was said to have a relatively strong performance in Q3 2023, although growing capital market interest rate and the resumption of student loan repayments might dampen this growth at the end of 2023. A relatively weak Japanese yen Q3 2023 saw pressure from investors towards Japanese authorities on how they would respond to the situation surrounding the Japanese yen. The USD/JPY rate was close to ***, whereas analysts suspected it should be around ** given the country's purchase power parity. The main reason for this disparity is said to be the differences in central bank interest rates between the United States, the euro area, and Japan. Any future aggressive changes from, especially the U.S. Fed might lower those differences. Financial markets responded somewhat disappoint when Japan did not announce major plans to tackle the situation. Potential rent decreases in 2024 Central bank rates peak in 2023, although it is expected that some of these will decline in early 2024. That said, analysts expect overall policies will remain restrictive. For example, the Bank of England's interest rate remained unchanged at **** percent in Q3 2023. It is believed the United Kingdom's central bank will ease its interest rate in 2024 but less than either the U.S. Fed or the European Central Bank. This should be a positive development for the pound compared to either the euro or the dollar.

In 2023, the Japanese yen based import price index (IPI) for all traded commodities increased by 61.2 index points compared to the base year 2020. It was the second highest import price level within the most recent seven years, impacted by the weakening of the yen starting at the beginning of the year.

In 2023, the sales value of imported goods at large-scale wholesalers in Japan amounted to around 27 trillion Japanese yen, declining slightly by 1.5 trillion yen compared to the previous year. The wholesale of imported goods grew significantly recently, as import prices were affected by the weakening yen.

The euro and U.S. dollar made up more than ***** of 10 SWIFT payments worldwide in August 2025, outperforming many other currencies. This is according to a monthly report meant to track the market share of China's yuan renminbi within the international bank transfer system SWIFT. Although China holds the largest forex reserves in the world, the yuan ranked as the ******-used currency in international payments. The figures concern customer-initiated and institutional payments and exclude trade. Discussions on the potential weakening role of the U.S. dollar especially touch world trade and forex. For example, the share of the USD in forex reserves declined visibly against the euro and Japanese yen in 2024. What sparked this de-dollarization trend, and will it continue? Trade sanctions and de-dollarization De-dollarization in 2024 is mentioned mostly alongside trade and the BRICS countries - an informal name given to Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The combined GDP of BRICS is about ** percent of the world's economy. After the start of the Ukraine war and Russia received economic sanctions, the BRICS slowly evolved into a trading bloc. The group increasingly wanted its own currency to settle payments within the trade bloc, to avoid using the U.S. dollar. In August 2024, BRICS gathered in South Africa to discuss the creation of such a new joint currency. Additionally, ** countries - including Argentina, Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Yemen - expressed interest in joining the BRICS group. CBDC, or projects into a digital payment settlement A factor of future uncertainty for the U.S. dollar is how central bank digital currencies (CBDC) develop in emerging countries. Several projects exist between individual countries that specifically target cross-border interbank payments. A cooperation between Thailand and Hong Kong, Inthanon-Lionrock, ranks as the most advanced of these projects. CBDC does not require the U.S. dollar to function. Tangible such as commodities or gold can back them. The value of transactions processed with CBDC is to grow by ******* percent between 2024 and 2030.

The DXY exchange rate rose to 98.1574 on October 7, 2025, up 0.05% from the previous session. Over the past month, the United States Dollar has strengthened 0.72%, but it's down by 4.23% over the last 12 months. United States Dollar - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

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Japan receives almost half of its commodity imports from Asia, as China remains a key trade partner. In 2024, commodities imported from China accounted for a 22.5 percent share of imports on a value basis. The United States followed as the second-largest source of goods entering Japan, while it overtook China as the leading export partner in 2024. What goods are entering Japan? The country’s low energy self-sufficiency and lack of reserves makes mineral fuels like petroleum, liquified natural gas, and coal a key import item. Another commodity group important to domestic manufacturers is electrical machinery, including semiconductors and communications devices. As Japan is home to prominent multinational corporations in the automotive, technology, and consumer electronics industries, semiconductors have become a strategic element to the country’s economic success. While the Japanese government plans to revive the domestic semiconductor industry through financial support, imports of integrated circuits from production areas like Taiwan and South Korea are needed to meet demand. Japan’s import position in the global market Japan’s current account of goods and services is characterized by a deficit as imports exceed exports. The country managed to shrink the deficit in the last decade, but it grew again since 2022. A jump in mineral fuel prices and the weakening of the yen compared to major currencies like the U.S. dollar and euro drove up import costs. Apart from China, major trade partners with whom Japan recorded a negative trade balance include mostly suppliers of mineral fuels like Australia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

The USD/CNY exchange rate rose to 7.1459 on October 8, 2025, up 0.00% from the previous session. Over the past month, the Chinese Yuan has weakened 0.32%, and is down by 0.77% over the last 12 months. Chinese Yuan - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

In 2024, expenditure from domestic tourism in Japan amounted to approximately 25.1 trillion Japanese yen. This was a considerable increase compared to the previous year, marking the highest value during the past decade. Domestic tourism accounts for most of the expenditure in the tourism sector in Japan. International tourist arrivals, as well as foreign visitors’ consumption, were on the rise during the past few years. What are the main characteristics of domestic tourism in Japan?  Some distinct characteristics of Japan’s domestic tourism industry come to light when looking at travel types and purposes. In terms of overall tourism expenditure by type of travel, domestic overnight travel in Japan proved to be the main source, followed by domestic day travel and foreign inbound travel. On average, Japanese travelers spend more money on domestic overnight trips than on any other type of travel. Looking at the domestic tourism expenditure on overnight trips by purpose of travel, trips for sightseeing and recreation generated the most travel expenditure in the country, followed by traveling home, and lastly, by business travels. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic Japan's domestic tourism was not nearly as negatively affected during the COVID-19 pandemic as was the case for inbound and outbound tourism. Nevertheless, the number of travelers dropped sharply during 2020 and 2021, slowly recovering from 2023 to pre-pandemic levels. The peak in expenditure generated by the domestic travel industry in 2024 suggests a substantial growth of the industry. However, the number of travels recorded for the year declined, while the expenses per traveler per trip increased significantly compared to 2019. One reason for this development might be the weakening of the yen and the accompanying increase in the price of services, which inflates the expenditure.

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The EUR/USD exchange rate fell to 1.1675 on October 7, 2025, down 0.31% from the previous session. Over the past month, the Euro US Dollar Exchange Rate - EUR/USD has weakened 0.79%, but it's up by 6.38% over the last 12 months. Euro US Dollar Exchange Rate - EUR/USD - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

Toyota incurred research and development (R&D) costs of about 1.3 trillion Japanese yen in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. Not only is the Toyota Motor Corporation Japan’s largest automotive manufacturer, it is also ranked as the number one carmaker worldwide in terms of automobile production. Toyota’s research and development expenses The weak yen clearly helped Toyota export more vehicles. However, the company was hit hard by the 2008/2009 worldwide financial crisis, and its research and development expenses hit rock bottom in the fiscal year of 2010, only to finally reach pre-crisis levels in the fiscal year of 2014. In 2022, Toyota was among the leading automotive companies with the highest spending on research and development. Toyota's R&D costs crossed the one trillion yen mark in 2019 and continued to notch up in 2020. The fiscal year of 2021 showed a slight decrease year-on-year. However, R&D expenses bounced back to 1.1 trillion Japanese yen a year after.

In 2024, the import volume of beer to Japan exceeded 44 million liters. Beer imports fluctuated on a volume basis recently, while the import value of beer rose steadily due to the weak yen compared to other major currencies. Beer is a staple product in the liquor import market in Japan, with the majority of beer-like beverages consumed in the country being produced by domestic breweries.

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