• USD/JPY pares loss as risk sentiment improves, oil rises

• Treasury yields firms after solid bank earnings, Fed comments

• U Michigan shows 12-month inflation expectations highest since 1981

• Vols pare gains, bear skews stay wide on risks of test of 2024 low at 139.58

• Support: 141.65-68, Sept 20 low and Aug 5 low; 140.92 Sept 16 low

• Resistance: 143.99 April 9 low; 144.55 lower Bollinger
Yen

(Robert Fullem is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)