东京，10月27日：日本财务大臣片山沙月周二表示，政府已准备好在货币市场采取果断行动，暗示东京并未放松对日元持续走弱的警惕。
TOKYO, Oct 27 : Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday the government stood ready to take decisive action in the currency market, suggesting Tokyo has not lowered its guard against persistent weakness in the yen.
“我们一直在以高度紧迫感关注市场动向，包括现在，”片山在议会回答关于政府财政政策可能对日元和长期利率走势产生的影响时表示。
"We are always watching market moves, including now, with a high sense of urgency," Katayama told parliament, when asked about the impact the administration's fiscal policy could have on the yen and long-term interest rate moves.
“如果需要，我们已准备好采取果断行动，”她补充道，并称货币走势应反映经济基本面。
"If needed, we are ready to take decisive action," she said, adding that currencies should move in a way that reflects economic fundamentals.
周二日元兑美元下跌至157.73，较上周触及的一个月高点回落。
The yen fell against the dollar on Tuesday to 157.73, slipping from the one-month high it touched last week.
日本央行预计将在周五的货币政策会议上维持利率不变，但释放继续加息的决心，以防止通胀超过2%的目标。
The BOJ is set to keep interest rates steady at its policy meeting on Friday but signal its resolve to continue raising borrowing costs to prevent inflation from overshooting its 2 per cent target.
由于政策利率与其他主要央行相比仍处于低位，日本央行的鹰派基调未能扭转日元下行趋势，推高进口成本的日元贬值已成为日本决策者的棘手问题。
With the policy rate still low compared to other major central banks, the BOJ's hawkish tone has failed to reverse a downward trend in the yen that has become a headache for Japanese policymakers by pushing up the cost of imports.
首相高市早苗的大规模支出计划也被一些分析师指责，因加剧对日本财政恶化的担忧而引发日元和日本国债（JGB）抛售。
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's big spending plans have also been blamed by some analysts for triggering a selloff in the yen and Japanese government bonds (JGB) by stoking concern over the country's worsening finances.
日本和美国于7月31日实施了罕见的联合买入日元干预，显示出其防止日元和日本国债下跌蔓延至全球市场的决心。
Japan and the US carried out a rare joint yen-buying intervention on July 31, signalling their determination to prevent the decline in the yen and Japanese government bonds from spilling over into global markets.