The Finance Ministry said Monday it spent ¥6.35 trillion ($42.7 billion) in October to bolster the value of the yen, which has tumbled against the dollar this year to lows not seen since the 1990s.
The ministry said it spent the ¥6.35 trillion on foreign exchange intervention operations between Sept. 29 and Thursday, without giving details of when or how often they had taken place.
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