Bank of Japan gov Kuroda making a scheduled appearance in parliament

  • BOJ is investigating economic effects of recent earthquakes
  • negative rates won't cause quake donations to shrink
  • 3-tier system applied for negative rate policy means most Japanese banks receive interest for their accounts at BOJ

Don't expect him to come up with anything of note to move prices.

USDJPY currently 110.98 again with yen demand prevailing across a few pairs but Nikkei still paring a few losses.

Kuroda even sending himself to sleep