Japan suspected of near $30bn interventions in thin Golden Week trading

Possible interventions add to more than $30bn suspected last week

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has been warning that she is prepared to take "decisive action" against speculative yen selling. Market participants wonder if she might become overzealous. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Lejun Wang and Sae Kamae)

TOKYO -- Money market data released by the Bank of Japan on Thursday suggests around 4.5 trillion yen ($28.8 billion) worth of yen-buying interventions took place during the first six days of May, largely coinciding with Japan's Golden Week string of holidays.