1.   Also buoying the yen was a rally in Japanese stocks.

2.   Higher rates would buoy the yen by luring global investors to some yen assets.

3.   Higher rates would buoy the yen by making deposits and bonds denominated in it more alluring.

4.   The dollar rose in Asian and European trading as concern ebbed that U.S. and Japanese officials may sell dollars to buoy the yen.

5.   The result was not quite as bleak as some economists had expected, and a small sigh of relief briefly buoyed the yen in the currency markets.

6.   A stronger economy would buoy the yen, traders said.

7.   A stronger economy would buoy the yen.

8.   News that U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers is set to meet with Japanese finance officials buoyed the yen and eased fears of another round of Asian currency devaluations.

9.   On the foreign exchange market, the dollar gained but was sharply off earlier highs after comments by Japanese officials buoyed the yen.

10.   The fall of U.S. stock prices buoyed the yen early Wednesday.