Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese authorities spent 15,399.3 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from July 30 to Wednesday, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure marked the largest-ever monthly amount spent on yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions.

Japan spent a record 15.4 trillion yen on foreign exchange intervention last month, surpassing its previous single-month benchmark as the yen

This year has seen two rounds of currency support measures totaling a record $170bn