USD/JPY Eyes Breakout as Rising Yields Support US Dollar

USD/JPY Eyes Breakout as Rising Yields Support US Dollar

Source: EODHD - https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/currencies/articles/usd-jpy-eyes-breakout-rising-131242961.html
Published: Sep 01, 2026 9:12 AM

USD/JPY Technical AnalysisUSD/JPY trades at 160.15, pushing above the 160.00 level and both converging EMAs near 159.50, after trending higher from the Aug 28 lows. Source: TradingView. The US dollar against the Japanese yen is a pair that I watch all the time. I actually have longer-term buy-and-hold positions in this, but I may be adding to this if we can break to a fresh new high somewhere around 160.33. This is a market that I have no interest in shorting because of the interest rate differential, but there is a little bit of intervention risk here. For myself, I've been long of this pair for months, so this is an addition to what I already have been doing. For short-term trading, it is...

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