Dollar-yen, aided by a strong U.S. jobs report, temporarily recovered to around 157 yen.

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In Tokyo time, USD/JPY rose to as high as155.94yen after the Bank of Japan kept its government bond purchase operation amount unchanged. After the rally, ahead of the US jobs data, it eased. In European hours, USD/JPY briefly dipped to155.11yen, but then there was little movement around the155yen level. In New York time, for May US jobs data,rose by 270,000 (to 2.72 million) versus the forecastmillion? (Note: there is a mismatch in units in the original. Interpreting as 2.72 million.)18.5million? (Likely referring to expected figure, but the original text shows 18.5; interpreted as the forecast.)rising, suggesting that the start of US rate cuts could be pushed back, and with the rise in US 10-year yields, USD/JPY rose toyen.