1.   In foreign exchange markets, currency traders dumped yen to buy dollars.

2.   Japanese investors were dumping yen amid mounting worries over prospects for an economic recovery at home and elsewhere in Asia, where Japan is a major lender.

3.   Rumors that a Japanese credit bank was in serious financial trouble got investors eager to dump yen for the dollar, said Tamotsu Kawamoto, a Tokai Bank trader.

4.   That sent investors scurrying for cover, dumping yen for dollars.

5.   The dollar had also risen overnight in New York as investors dumped yen to seek higher yields in French francs, Italian lire and other currencies.

6.   The dollar surged in early Asian trading as investors dumped the yen following the surprisingly poor election showing of the governing party.

7.   The report prompted many investors to dump yen for dollars out of concern that Japan may be forced to cut interest rates from already historic lows.

8.   The yen weakened further in cross trading, when investors dumped their yen for Swiss francs, German marks and French francs, Reed said.

9.   The yen continued its freefall against the dollar and most other currencies, as currency traders dumped their yen on growing worries about the ailing economic recovery in Japan.

10.   Investors dumped the yen after Haruhiko Kuroda, vice finance minister for international affairs, said he was unconcerned about the fall in the currency.