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[yen] / yɛn /


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Alphabet has issued bonds not only in U.S. dollars, but also in Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, euros, Swiss francs and British pounds—the currency in which it issued a rare 100-year bond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Morningstar raises its fair-value estimate for Advantest by 3% to 35,000 yen after lifting its system-on-chip tester revenue estimate by 3%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The cheap yen provides two ways to win.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 65,000 yen from 32,800 yen based on new P/E that reflects changes in the company’s earnings mix, with an unchanged outperform rating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“He’s got a yen for poetry, Mr. Randolph does.”

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson




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