TOKYO, May 2 -- Japan spent at least Euro5.0 trillion (RM127 billion) in the foreign exchange market, according to multiple reports, in its first intervention to prop up the currency since 2024.

The yen, trading just shy of Euro160 to the dollar, is close to its level from the summer of 2024, when Japanese authorities spent billions of dollars to boost its value.

Officials had hinted in recent days at potential intervention for the currency, which has weakened against the dollar in recent months amid the Iran war and rising oil prices, as well as the gap between US and Japanese interest rates.

Thursday's intervention was around Euro5.0 trillion-Euro6.0 trillion, according to market participants' estimates based on current account depos...