• USD/JPY from 144.14 early Asia to 143.45 EBS before some bounce

• Spot below 143.75-147.27 daily Ichimoku cloud for a time

• Cloud affirmed as good resistance, clean break back below matter of time?

• Spot also thru ascending hourly Ichi cloud, below, in 143.88 100-HMA area

• Hourly cloud currently between 144.20-145.33 to provide resistance

• Massive $1.1 bln option expiries at 145.00 today, also 143.00 $3.3 bln

• Softer US yields, bouncing JGB yields tad more JPY supportive

• EUR/JPY on back foot, 163.39-66 EBS in Asia, off from 164.26 yesterday

• GBP/JPY 194.56 to 193.66, off from 196.29 spike high yesterday

• AUD/JPY 92.96 to 92.32 and off after rally to 93.87 yesterday

• Pre-weekend and month-end flows seen favouring JPY in Tokyo, Asia at large

• Japan data dump, BOJ Ueda-speak reinforces BOJ hawkish bias

• That said, uncertainties over tariffs, growth still, BOJ likely on hold

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