Man the pumps!
Two charts.
One for Yen-Dollar rate, and second for Tokyo Stock Exchange, both current to about 10 p.m. US Eastern time tonight (middle of the day out here):
She's a runnin' at almost 96 Yen to the Dollar now.
Here is a (somewhat) cute female Japanese financial announcerette delivering the latest scoop, about one hour ago:
Just mere fact that a major headline uses the term “run” gives me the heebie-jeebies.