• Little doing in USD/JPY in Asia today, range 158.82-159.00 EBS, in stasis

• Still holding around top of 156.37-158.85 daily Ichimoku cloud

• Mostly below 158.98-159.07 hourly Ichimoku cloud, 158.80 200-HMA support

• Some option expiries around 159.00 providing some gravitational pull

• Also $879 mln below at 158.00, $623 mln above at 160.00

• EUR/JPY 184.90-185.02 EBS, in stasis too and in 184.37-185.73 hourly cloud

• Essentially sideways since May 8, some option expiries today at 185.10

• CHF/JPY 202.60-203.03 after push up to 203.46 yesterday

• Mostly above daily Ichimoku cloud since May 7, cloud today 200.98-201.63

• GBP/JPY off some after trade up to 214.67 yesterday, Asia 214.63 to 214.23

• Ascending daily Ichimoku cloud 211.53-213.38 below

• AUD/JPY 113.80-114.03, in 112.60-114.73 range since May 13

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