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Bank of Japan Rocked by Livedoor Scandal, Yen Falls

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Bank of Japan Governor Shirakawa talked about the yen saying “Of course, foreign exchange moves have an impact on various sectors of the economy.

Thinkpad (AXcess News) Hong Kong - Japan's currency, the Yen, fell to a record low against the euro and an eight-year low against the British pound Tuesday amid fears of a long-range missile test by North Korea that has drawn global concern, following a scandal over Livedoor that rocked the credibility of the Bank of Japan.

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Microsoft Adding to the yen's decline were accusations of fowl play by Japan's governor of the Bank of Japan, Toshihiko Fukui, who is being probed by securities regulators in Tokyo over his private investments in failed internet company Livedoor through an investment fund managed by Yoshiaki Murakami who has already admitted guilt and been arrested by authorities there.

`` 7 communiqué will be quite significant, '' said Sue Trinh, a currency strategist in Sydney at RBC Capital Markets, the investment banking unit of Royal Bank of Canada. ``We don' up in rhetoric is to be expected. I expect to see this underpinning the U.S. dollar in coming weeks.'' The currency was little changed at 100.89 yen from 100.95 yen. The yen gained to 158.72 per euro from 159.55. The U.S. currency may advance beyond $1.55 this week, Trinh said. ``Traders will be more reluctant to push the dollar lower, even if there are factors that suggest it should fall, '' said Akio Shimizu, exchange trading in Tokyo at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp., a unit of Japan' largest bank by assets. The dollar may rise to 102.20 yen and $1.56 per euro today, he said.

Laptop Computers The Livedoor scandal has rocked the Japanese investment community and today, Fukui is expected to answer questions over his relationship to Murakami and the MAC fund that invested in Livedoor. The tension has bled over into Japan's currency worldwide as currency investors bail out of its currency ahead of Fukui's comments.

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Laptop Computer The yen sank as low as 115.76 to the dollar, its lowest levelin eightweeks, and to 145.86 to the euro.

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Desktop Computer Last week, Fukui admitted that he invested 10 million yen in Murakami's Fund in 1999, which the news of that investment caused the Nikkei to drop significantly.

Notebooks Now, North Korea's looming long-range missile test that would put the course of that rocket directly over Japan as its course would be toward the Pacific Ocean, has sent shock waves through the currency markets worldwide, though the Bank of Japan's credibility is outweighing those concerns.

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