USD/JPY exchange rate
United States dollar to Japanese yen
Price history
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Key statistics
- 1 week
- -0.15%
- 1 month
- +1.50%
- 1 year
- +3.95%
- 52-week high
- 163.910 Jul 28, 2026
- 52-week low
- 151.830 Oct 22, 2025
- Average daily move
- 0.33% · 52 pips
- Typical weekly range
- 0.92%
USD/JPY at a glance
USD/JPY closed at 158.020 on Oct 16, 2026, up 0.03% on the previous session. Over the past year the pair traded between a low of 151.830 on Oct 22, 2025 and a high of 163.910 on Jul 28, 2026, and it is up 3.95% over twelve months.
On an average day USD/JPY moves about 0.33% (52 pips), and in a typical week it covers a range of around 0.92% from high to low.
What moves USD/JPY
United States dollar (USD)
Set by the Federal Reserve (Fed). The United States dollar is the world's reserve currency; moves on Fed rate expectations, US jobs and inflation data, and global risk appetite.
Japanese yen (JPY)
Set by the Bank of Japan (BoJ). The Japanese yen is a traditional safe haven that often strengthens when markets are stressed; driven by the gap between Japanese and foreign interest rates.
When the USD strengthens against the JPY, USD/JPY rises. Interest-rate differences between the two central banks are usually the biggest long-term driver.
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All pairsRates are European Central Bank reference rates published each business day; they are not dealing prices. Statistics use daily closes since Oct 1, 2021.