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[yen] / jɛn /


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The dollar is at 157.86 yen, compared with Y157.79 as of Monday’s Tokyo stock market close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Jefferies cuts its target price on Rakuten Group to 775 yen from Y1,000 and maintains a hold rating as it awaits greater visibility on the mobile operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

From 1 October, the fee varies according to the duration of stay sought – from 10,000 yen for three months or less, to 75,000 yen for five years or more.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Latest data released in July puts average household income at 5.75 million yen as of 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“He’s got a yen for poetry, Mr. Randolph does.”

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

On the currency front, the yen weakened 0.1% against the dollar to 155.67 yens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Mr. Zorn’s way of presenting “Masada” — a project he first introduced 25 years ago — submits the material fully to the yens of its many performers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2018

But nowadays, for U.S. sportsmen with low budgets and yens for high adventure, there's Costa Rica right next door.

From Time Magazine Archive

The typical buyer is a fast tracker between 35 and 40 who yens for something more than an "off the peg" Hatteras 61-footer.

From Time Magazine Archive

"But think of the millions of yens or sens or whatever they are, with which she is going to re-gild the Brandan coronet!"

From Kimono by John Paris




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