• JPY up across board on news PM Ishiba considering retaliation for US tariffs

• Ishiba said putting all options on table, talk US investments may be nixed

• USD/JPY up early on Tokyo fix Japanese importer, other demand, move reversed

• Down to 150.08 from 150.62 EBS after Ishiba-speak in Diet testimony

• To area of 150.16-20 wafer thin hourly Ichimoku cloud

• Support ahead of massive $1.1 bln in option expiries today at 150.00

• Ascending 100 and 200-HMAs below at 150.04 and 149.55

• US Treasuries and JGBs see some buying in Tokyo on risk-off mood

• Nikkei -0.9% @37,674 as of TSE AM close, auto stocks hit especially hard

• EUR/JPY off to 161.49 before bouncing later to 161.95 EBS

• Mostly under 159.20-160.31 daily Ichimoku cloud, 161.86-162.04 hourly cloud

• GBP/JPY 193.43-194.10, mostly below 194.04 200-DMA, near 193.81 100-HMA

• AUD/JPY fall limited, 94.37-86, in 96.14-69 daily Ichi cloud, 100-DMA 96.80

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