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• USD/JPY up 0.2% in Asia, recoups most of its Fri U.S. jobs related losses
• Opened near Fri 157.80 close, rising Middle East tensions drew dip buyers
• Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi refinery and the Red Sea port city of Mocha
• U.S. crude rises 1%, gradual USD rally to 158.305 ensues
• Japan fiscal concerns, gradual BOJ tightening limit JPY gains
• BOJ's debate on faster hikes bolsters September rate move odds-July summary
• Japan intervention seen aimed at slowing USD rise, not driving JPY higher
• Investors likely to keep testing Tokyo's intervention resolve
• Japanese holiday Tue; traders wary of intervention as trading volume thins
• Resistance 158.30, 158.55-60, support 157.65-70, 156.20-30
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(Krishna Kumar is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)