Japan Economy Minister Ishihara: Closely watching market moves

Reuters

Published May 09, 2016 08:24PM ET

Japan Economy Minister Ishihara: Closely watching market moves

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said on Tuesday he was closely watching financial markets after the yen rose to an 18-month high against the dollar last week.

Ishihara said there was no change to Japan's economic fundamentals and that the labor market continued to improve.