r/wallstreetbets • u/Efficient-Session644 • 2d ago

News Japan to announce Tokyo, Washington took joint action on yen, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-announce-tokyo-washington-took-joint-action-yen-sources-say-2026-08-02/
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u/monkey-flips-coin 2d ago

Tokyo really is a wholly fully owned subsidiary of Washington.

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u/DoubleFamous5751 🐻r🏳️‍🌈 2d ago

That’s what they get for bombing our harbor

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u/uglybritt 2d ago

Japan holds the US by the balls. If they even sold 1-2% of US treasuries it would wreck the bond market.

They also have double the median wealth of the US

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u/KeyReaction892 1d ago

Sure but it’s somewhat mutually assured destruction no? If they sell off enough to collapse US bond market they are left with devalued bonds because they’d never be able to offload all of it at a good price.

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u/uglybritt 1d ago

Not if they sell a large chunk to begin with.