• USD/JPY heavy after trading up to 152.31 EBS earlier, to 151.72 session low

• Back into tapering hourly Ichimoku cloud between 151.71-152.11

• Break below cloud maybe only a matter of time, 55-HMA in area at 151.76

• Next supports in 151.20-25 and 150.90-151.00 windows - some recent lows

• $1.1 bln in option expiries between 151.45-65 likely supportive ahead

• Massive $1.5 bln option expiries at 152.00 could cap, 152.50 $924 mln too

• BOJ-speak again hawkish , '25 Japan data better too

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(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)