Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:11:03 GMT
Yen edges lower on speculation Japan might escape criticism in G-20
The Japanese Yen weakened by 0.7% to 97.19 per U.S. Dollar by midday trading session in Tokyo on Wednesday, extending a 0.8% yesterday's loss. The main Asian currency strengthened 3% in previous two session before that, what was the sharpest gain since May, 2010. Investors prefer to riskier assets, on speculation that Yen's depreciation will not be the key theme in the upcoming G-20