President Donald Trump says the United States intervened in currency markets to support the Japanese yen, describing the move as a “signal of friendship.” Multiple outlets report that Trump made the comment after being asked why the U.S. acted to back the yen. Bloomberg says the intervention helped lift the yen “last week,” and that Trump expects the United States to benefit financially from supporting an ally. France 24 and Free Malaysia Today cite reporting by the Financial Times that Washington and Tokyo jointly backed the yen for the first time in nearly three decades. Japan Today similarly reports Trump’s confirmation that the U.S. and Japan acted together to support the currency, framing it as a friendly gesture meant to benefit both countries and, more broadly, the global economy. Across the accounts, the core points are that the U.S. participated alongside Japan in an intervention intended to influence yen trading, that Trump characterizes it as improving relations, and that the action is described as an unusually rare coordinated step after decades without such a joint move.