(n.) The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Its struggling mobile phone business resulted in a net loss of 136 billion yen for the three months to September, although that figure was smaller than analysts had predicted.
(2) Tepco, meanwhile, has secured 2tn yen in loans to rebuild its power supply networks, which was badly damaged in the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
(3) The stamps, which were similar in paper and size to Japanese 10-yen postage stamps, were wrapped around the penis before sleep and the stamp ring was checked for breakage the next morning.
(4) There has been little impact on interest rates, banks have not increased their lending and the yen has risen on the foreign exchanges - the opposite of what was planned - because investors fear that the Bank of Japan is fast running out of ammunition.
(5) Senior Yen Trader: hey ...you think we be able to convince [Primary Submitter] to change the libor today?
(6) Some analysts say compensation payouts could top £80bn Tepco's losses exceed the 812bn yen deficit suffered by Japan's biggest telephone utility, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, in 2002.
(7) Ogatsu's struggle is being repeated across Japan's north-east, where the tsunami caused 1.2tn yen of damage to the fishing industry.
(8) But he acknowledged that some staff from his office had billed 18,230 yen ($170) as entertainment expenses during a visit in September 2010, Jiji Press news agency said.
(9) Olivier Blanchard, IMF director of research, said: “New factors supporting growth – lower oil prices, but also depreciation of euro and yen – are more than offset by persistent negative forces, including the lingering legacies of the crisis and lower potential growth in many countries”.
(10) 2.04pm GMT Reactions to stronger-than-expected US payrolls The dollar has rallied againt the euro and yen after the stronger-than-expected 204,000 headline number in the US non-farm payrolls report for October.
(11) Twenty-one individuals at RBS were involved in manipulating the yen and Swiss franc Libor "either falsely high … or falsely low", according to the CFTC, which in turn helped the profitability of swaps positions held by the bailed-out bank.
(12) But a better explanation would be that concerns elsewhere overwhelmed the BOJ action.” In the 11 days since the BOJ board’s announcement, the benchmark Nikkei index has fallen 8.5%, despite a sharp rebound on Monday, while the yen has climbed 6.5% against the dollar.
(13) The yen has fallen against the dollar, helping boost Japan's export sector.
(14) On the other hand, not many infants would participate in re-screening for detection of false negative cases, since the percentage of mothers who were willing to make their children take part in re-screening for a fee of 1,000 yen (about 7 U.S. dollars, which would be administratively necessary) was less than 60%.
(15) The latest signs that France could be given some leeway came as the yen fell to its lowest level against the dollar for two years as the government of recession-hit Japan was formally sworn in.
(16) Last week, police arrested Mitsutomo Furuichi, a former wrestler, for allegedly demanding that Kotomitsuki pay him more than 100m yen (£745,000) in return for Furuichi keeping quiet about Kotomitsuki's gambling habit.
(17) Weaker growth in China weighs on demand, while the depreciation of the yen is making supply more competitive."
(18) As finance minister, he approved three interventions in the global currency markets in attempt to weaken the yen.
(19) And Yoshihiko Noda , the finance minister, said the yen's strength had become a problem "that could not be overlooked".
(20) Yen Trader 2: FYI libors higher again today […] Yen Trader 4: 'ucksake.