• USD/JPY briefly ducked below 159.00 to 158.96 EBS in Asia afternoon trading

• High of session 159.43 at the Tokyo open, slide on better risk mood

• Nikkei, most other Asia bourses up, Market optimistic on US-Iran talks

• This despite the US blockade of Iran's ports

• USD/JPY off to area of daily Ichimoku kijun/tenkan at 158.86/96

• Through 159.24-52 hourly Ichimoku cloud, pivoting around 159.09 100-HMA

• Middle East news, crude oil prices remain the focus

• Nikkei up 2.3% on day @57,803 into the TSE close

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