USD/JPY is the forex ticker that shows the value of the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen. It tells traders how many Yen are needed to buy a US Dollar. The Dollar-Yen is one of the most traded forex pairs – second only to EUR/USD – and is a benchmark for Asian economic health and even the global economy. View the live Dollar-Yen rate with the USD/JPY chart and improve your technical and fundamental analysis with the latest USD/JPY forecast, news and analysis USD/JPY climbs to over a one-week high during the Asian session on Friday. The uncertainty over the Bank of Japan's policy stance, along with expectations that the Fed will stick to its higher-for-longer narrative in the wake of still-sticky inflation, turn out to be key factors lending support to the pair