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Japan's holdings of foreign securities dropped $87.8 billion at the end of August versus the prior month, roughly matching the scale of the recent yen-buying intervention and pointing to Treasury sales as the funding source. Official selling by the largest foreign holder of USTs adds supply into the long end and can lift yields while draining dollar liquidity, a combination that historically pressures duration-sensitive risk assets including NASDAQ growth names and BTC/ETH beta. Watch the next TIC and MOF intervention disclosures plus USD/JPY: renewed intervention near prior defense levels would signal further reserve liquidation, while a stabilizing yen removes the forced-seller overhang on Treasurys."]} Correction: return valid JSON only. {"title":"Japan Likely Funded Record Yen Intervention by Selling Treasurys","summary":"Japan's holdings of foreign securities fell by $87.8 billion at the end of August from a month earlier, close to the scale of the recent yen intervention and consistent with Treasury sales as the funding source. Official selling by the largest foreign holder of USTs adds supply pressure to yields while tightening dollar liquidity, a mix that typically weighs on duration-sensitive assets such as NASDAQ growth names and BTC/ETH beta. Watch subsequent TIC and MOF intervention data alongside USD/JPY: fresh intervention implies more reserve liquidation, while a stabilizing yen removes the forced-seller overhang on Treasurys.