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BoJ rate hike bets continue to underpin the JPY and weigh on the pair amid renewed USD selling. Declining JGB bond yields do little to inspire the JPY bears or lend any support to spot prices.

Given how much has been written about the BOJ's 'historic' rate-hiking campaign and the recent spike in JGB yields, one might think policy conditions in Japan are tightening. But that's not the case.