Live rate: 1 USD = 148.8130 JPY (-0.05%)

Inverted: 1 JPY = 0.0067 USD

Provider Exchange Rate Fee Recipient gets Service Notes Action

Live Market Rate

148.8130 0 147.3249 Set Alert Set Alert
Horizon Currency 148.2177

(indicative)

0 148.2177 International Payments and Transfers Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates.
CorPay 147.7713

(indicative)

0 147.7713 International Payments and Transfers Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent.
Travel FX 147.4737 0 147.4737 Holiday FX, Cash Delivery A specialist alternative to banks, bureau de change & the Post Office for clients seeking competitive currency exchange rates. A multiple award-winning company, offering free delivery (over £700.00 , no commission charges, payment by Debit Card or Bank Transfer and typically offering the best exchange rates available.

Best Bank Rate

Banks
144.6462

(upper range)

Variable 144.6462 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI

Worst Bank Rate

Banks
143.6045

(lower range)

Variable 143.6045 Payments, transfers, holiday money Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt

Paypal

Paypal
142.1164 0 142.1164 International Payments and Transfers

Airport Pickup

Moneycorp
146.5808 0 146.5808 Holiday FX, Cash Delivery Booking Online prior to pickup is the key to getting a good rate

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Horizon Currency

payments

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Wise

payments

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Revolut

payments, cash

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Global Reach

payments

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Travel FX

holiday cash

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Covent Garden FX

holiday cash

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Moneycorp

payments

Bullet 1

Tesco

cash

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Post Office

cash

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HSBC

representative of high street bank rates

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USD/JPY Live Chart and Data

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January - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2

Open: 131.1020

Close: 130.6760

Mid: 130.8655

3

Open: 130.6810

Close: 131.0150

Mid: 130.4570

4

Open: 131.0160

Close: 132.6390

Mid: 131.3240

5

Open: 132.6380

Close: 133.4040

Mid: 132.8715

6

Open: 133.4050

Close: 132.1030

Mid: 133.3845

7
8
9

Open: 131.9310

Close: 131.8880

Mid: 131.9825

10

Open: 131.8870

Close: 132.2430

Mid: 131.9360

11

Open: 132.2440

Close: 132.4870

Mid: 132.4700

12

Open: 132.4850

Close: 129.3020

Mid: 130.6810

13

Open: 129.3010

Close: 127.8480

Mid: 128.4440

14
15
16

Open: 127.8180

Close: 128.5110

Mid: 128.0430

17

Open: 128.5460

Close: 128.1440

Mid: 128.5755

18

Open: 128.1430

Close: 128.9220

Mid: 129.5745

19

Open: 128.9210

Close: 128.4320

Mid: 128.3435

20

Open: 128.4320

Close: 129.5050

Mid: 129.4825

21
22
23

Open: 129.4750

Close: 130.6650

Mid: 129.9685

24

Open: 130.6660

Close: 130.1680

Mid: 130.4230

25

Open: 130.1680

Close: 129.5860

Mid: 129.9285

26

Open: 129.5870

Close: 130.2190

Mid: 129.8230

27

Open: 130.2180

Close: 129.8520

Mid: 129.8850

28
29
30

Open: 129.7050

Close: 130.4480

Mid: 129.8885

31

Open: 130.4460

Close: 130.1080

Mid: 130.1385

February - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 130.1060

Close: 128.9450

Mid: 129.4790

2

Open: 128.9460

Close: 128.7130

Mid: 128.6030

3

Open: 128.7130

Close: 131.1850

Mid: 129.7655

4
5
6

Open: 132.3770

Close: 132.6410

Mid: 132.2100

7

Open: 132.6420

Close: 131.0770

Mid: 131.5950

8

Open: 131.0760

Close: 131.4320

Mid: 131.0675

9

Open: 131.4300

Close: 131.5390

Mid: 131.0855

10

Open: 131.5420

Close: 131.4120

Mid: 130.8475

11
12
13

Open: 131.4120

Close: 132.4000

Mid: 132.1600

14

Open: 132.4020

Close: 133.1140

Mid: 132.4150

15

Open: 133.1170

Close: 134.1720

Mid: 133.4525

16

Open: 134.1710

Close: 133.9450

Mid: 134.0355

17

Open: 133.9440

Close: 134.1560

Mid: 134.5220

18
19
20

Open: 134.3200

Close: 134.2660

Mid: 134.2320

21

Open: 134.2680

Close: 135.0180

Mid: 134.6910

22

Open: 135.0170

Close: 134.9220

Mid: 134.7145

23

Open: 134.9190

Close: 134.6850

Mid: 134.9290

24

Open: 134.6870

Close: 136.4900

Mid: 135.2880

25
26
27

Open: 136.3170

Close: 136.2340

Mid: 136.2315

28

Open: 136.2320

Close: 136.2270

Mid: 136.3315

March - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 136.2250

Close: 136.2030

Mid: 135.8640

2

Open: 136.2020

Close: 136.7700

Mid: 136.5580

3

Open: 136.7710

Close: 135.8400

Mid: 136.2680

4
5
6

Open: 135.9330

Close: 135.9210

Mid: 135.7815

7

Open: 135.9220

Close: 137.1470

Mid: 136.3725

8

Open: 137.1480

Close: 137.3570

Mid: 137.1960

9

Open: 137.3570

Close: 136.1470

Mid: 136.6555

10

Open: 136.1460

Close: 135.0560

Mid: 135.5570

11
12
13

Open: 134.7130

Close: 133.2030

Mid: 133.6555

14

Open: 133.2050

Close: 134.2250

Mid: 133.9675

15

Open: 134.2240

Close: 133.4190

Mid: 133.6640

16

Open: 133.4200

Close: 133.7470

Mid: 132.7760

17

Open: 133.7470

Close: 131.8460

Mid: 132.6620

18
19
20

Open: 131.8440

Close: 131.3150

Mid: 131.5960

21

Open: 131.3160

Close: 132.4930

Mid: 131.8300

22

Open: 132.4940

Close: 131.4750

Mid: 132.0045

23

Open: 131.4740

Close: 130.8530

Mid: 130.9930

24

Open: 130.8520

Close: 130.7130

Mid: 130.2935

25
26
27

Open: 130.5390

Close: 131.5730

Mid: 131.1295

28

Open: 131.5720

Close: 130.8950

Mid: 130.9945

29

Open: 130.8910

Close: 132.8700

Mid: 131.8245

30

Open: 132.8690

Close: 132.7200

Mid: 132.5880

31

Open: 132.7190

Close: 132.7910

Mid: 133.0895

April - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3

Open: 133.0310

Close: 132.4110

Mid: 132.9800

4

Open: 132.4110

Close: 131.7210

Mid: 132.3470

5

Open: 131.7200

Close: 131.3210

Mid: 131.2420

6

Open: 131.3200

Close: 131.7850

Mid: 131.3405

7

Open: 131.7840

Close: 132.1670

Mid: 131.9505

8
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Open: 132.1400

Close: 133.6040

Mid: 132.8505

11

Open: 133.6060

Close: 133.7140

Mid: 133.3910

12

Open: 133.7120

Close: 133.1600

Mid: 133.3925

13

Open: 133.1580

Close: 132.5730

Mid: 132.7060

14

Open: 132.5740

Close: 133.7750

Mid: 133.0040

15
16
17

Open: 133.8200

Close: 134.4920

Mid: 134.1425

18

Open: 134.4910

Close: 134.1160

Mid: 134.2850

19

Open: 134.1160

Close: 134.7230

Mid: 134.5420

20

Open: 134.7220

Close: 134.2460

Mid: 134.4955

21

Open: 134.2450

Close: 134.1290

Mid: 134.0220

22
23
24

Open: 134.0020

Close: 134.2340

Mid: 134.3135

25

Open: 134.2340

Close: 133.7140

Mid: 133.9170

26

Open: 133.7180

Close: 133.6660

Mid: 133.4785

27

Open: 133.6660

Close: 134.0120

Mid: 133.7320

28

Open: 134.0080

Close: 136.3290

Mid: 134.9710

29
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May - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 136.1820

Close: 137.4780

Mid: 136.8610

2

Open: 137.4790

Close: 136.5480

Mid: 137.0465

3

Open: 136.5490

Close: 134.7100

Mid: 135.6640

4

Open: 134.7080

Close: 134.2920

Mid: 134.1905

5

Open: 134.2920

Close: 134.8470

Mid: 134.5020

6
7
8

Open: 134.8120

Close: 135.1340

Mid: 134.9700

9

Open: 135.1300

Close: 135.2410

Mid: 135.0390

10

Open: 135.2400

Close: 134.3660

Mid: 134.7910

11

Open: 134.3660

Close: 134.5570

Mid: 134.2960

12

Open: 134.5570

Close: 135.7460

Mid: 135.0790

13
14
15

Open: 135.6430

Close: 136.1150

Mid: 135.9840

16

Open: 136.1140

Close: 136.3850

Mid: 136.1870

17

Open: 136.3850

Close: 137.6970

Mid: 137.0090

18

Open: 137.6970

Close: 138.7100

Mid: 138.0185

19

Open: 138.7100

Close: 137.9000

Mid: 138.0800

20
21
22

Open: 137.9800

Close: 138.5990

Mid: 138.0915

23

Open: 138.5990

Close: 138.5840

Mid: 138.5775

24

Open: 138.5840

Close: 139.4740

Mid: 138.8560

25

Open: 139.4730

Close: 140.0600

Mid: 139.5300

26

Open: 140.0610

Close: 140.6410

Mid: 140.1115

27
28
29

Open: 140.7040

Close: 140.4570

Mid: 140.5165

30

Open: 140.4510

Close: 139.7960

Mid: 140.2535

31

Open: 139.7950

Close: 139.3410

Mid: 139.8055

June - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 139.3410

Close: 138.7950

Mid: 139.2050

2

Open: 138.7950

Close: 139.9720

Mid: 139.3380

3
4
5

Open: 139.9350

Close: 139.5830

Mid: 139.8535

6

Open: 139.5830

Close: 139.6360

Mid: 139.5480

7

Open: 139.6350

Close: 140.1570

Mid: 139.6395

8

Open: 140.1550

Close: 138.9230

Mid: 139.5180

9

Open: 138.9230

Close: 139.3680

Mid: 139.2465

10
11
12

Open: 139.3750

Close: 139.6040

Mid: 139.4155

13

Open: 139.6040

Close: 140.2180

Mid: 139.6615

14

Open: 140.2170

Close: 140.1050

Mid: 139.7835

15

Open: 140.1040

Close: 140.2760

Mid: 140.7255

16

Open: 140.2750

Close: 141.8600

Mid: 140.8845

17
18
19

Open: 141.7800

Close: 141.9920

Mid: 141.7225

20

Open: 141.9860

Close: 141.4420

Mid: 141.7325

21

Open: 141.4430

Close: 141.8810

Mid: 141.8235

22

Open: 141.8810

Close: 143.1100

Mid: 142.4195

23

Open: 143.1110

Close: 143.7280

Mid: 143.3000

24
25
26

Open: 143.5150

Close: 143.5120

Mid: 143.3305

27

Open: 143.5110

Close: 144.0750

Mid: 143.7280

28

Open: 144.0740

Close: 144.4860

Mid: 144.1745

29

Open: 144.4860

Close: 144.7940

Mid: 144.5175

30

Open: 144.7920

Close: 144.3130

Mid: 144.6380

July - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3

Open: 144.2460

Close: 144.6780

Mid: 144.4520

4

Open: 144.6780

Close: 144.4790

Mid: 144.4560

5

Open: 144.4780

Close: 144.6610

Mid: 144.4060

6

Open: 144.6610

Close: 144.0700

Mid: 144.1100

7

Open: 144.0700

Close: 142.1070

Mid: 143.1345

8
9
10

Open: 142.2850

Close: 141.3130

Mid: 142.1420

11

Open: 141.3130

Close: 140.3550

Mid: 140.8115

12

Open: 140.3570

Close: 138.5060

Mid: 139.2780

13

Open: 138.5040

Close: 138.0670

Mid: 138.4400

14

Open: 138.0490

Close: 138.8000

Mid: 138.2020

15
16
17

Open: 138.7250

Close: 138.7130

Mid: 138.7040

18

Open: 138.7100

Close: 138.8470

Mid: 138.4170

19

Open: 138.8340

Close: 139.7110

Mid: 139.3810

20

Open: 139.6730

Close: 140.0760

Mid: 139.8075

21

Open: 140.0690

Close: 141.8360

Mid: 140.8545

22
23
24

Open: 141.6800

Close: 141.5080

Mid: 141.2825

25

Open: 141.4810

Close: 140.9180

Mid: 141.2905

26

Open: 140.9160

Close: 140.2410

Mid: 140.5610

27

Open: 140.2420

Close: 139.4900

Mid: 140.0455

28

Open: 139.4910

Close: 141.1670

Mid: 139.6240

29
30
31

Open: 141.0320

Close: 142.2720

Mid: 141.6845

August - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 142.2710

Close: 143.3360

Mid: 142.8790

2

Open: 143.3360

Close: 143.3540

Mid: 142.8570

3

Open: 143.3270

Close: 142.5310

Mid: 142.9785

4

Open: 142.5340

Close: 141.7730

Mid: 142.2190

5
6
7

Open: 141.7800

Close: 142.4800

Mid: 142.0510

8

Open: 142.4770

Close: 143.3770

Mid: 142.9480

9

Open: 143.3830

Close: 143.7220

Mid: 143.3755

10

Open: 143.7260

Close: 144.7670

Mid: 144.0610

11

Open: 144.7530

Close: 144.9500

Mid: 144.7130

12
13
14

Open: 144.7380

Close: 145.5480

Mid: 145.1200

15

Open: 145.5590

Close: 145.5950

Mid: 145.4855

16

Open: 145.5720

Close: 146.3480

Mid: 145.8585

17

Open: 146.3490

Close: 145.8550

Mid: 146.0905

18

Open: 145.8350

Close: 145.3870

Mid: 145.4020

19
20
21

Open: 145.2720

Close: 146.2440

Mid: 145.7755

22

Open: 146.2250

Close: 145.8810

Mid: 145.9470

23

Open: 145.8800

Close: 144.8560

Mid: 145.2180

24

Open: 144.8490

Close: 145.8450

Mid: 145.2815

25

Open: 145.8390

Close: 146.4500

Mid: 146.1805

26
27
28

Open: 146.4450

Close: 146.5280

Mid: 146.5100

29

Open: 146.5370

Close: 145.8780

Mid: 146.5230

30

Open: 145.8770

Close: 146.2480

Mid: 146.0485

31

Open: 146.2410

Close: 145.5370

Mid: 145.7990

September - 2023

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1

Open: 145.5390

Close: 146.2750

Mid: 145.3700

2
3
4

Open: 146.2250

Close: 146.4840

Mid: 146.2620

5

Open: 146.4800

Close: 147.7150

Mid: 147.1100

6

Open: 147.7240

Close: 147.6740

Mid: 147.4200

7

Open: 147.6610

Close: 147.2910

Mid: 147.4605

8

Open: 147.2990

Close: 147.7990

Mid: 147.2310

9
10
11

Open: 146.9180

Close: 146.5890

Mid: 146.5920

12

Open: 146.5890

Close: 147.0460

Mid: 146.8390

13

Open: 147.0790

Close: 147.4690

Mid: 147.3775

14

Open: 147.4670

Close: 147.4470

Mid: 147.2925

15

Open: 147.4760

Close: 147.8390

Mid: 147.6460

16
17
18

Open: 147.7350

Close: 147.6200

Mid: 147.7185

19

Open: 147.6090

Close: 147.8660

Mid: 147.7145

20

Open: 147.8560

Close: 148.3430

Mid: 147.9105

21

Open: 148.3440

Close: 147.5610

Mid: 147.8895

22

Open: 147.5830

Close: 148.3670

Mid: 147.9620

23
24
25

Open: 148.3610

Close: 148.8850

Mid: 148.6050

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