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Japanese Finance Minister Fujii Resigns
January 6, 2010
The yen weakened following news that FM Fujii resigned because of his ill health. Fujii had favored a strong exchange rate. Deputy Prime Minister Kan will assume the duties of finance minister. Aside from a 0.8% increase against the yen, the dollar is up 0.3% against the kiwi and 0.1% relative to the euro, unchanged […] More