USD/JPY Technical Analysis- Prices recoiled from resistance below the 100.00 figure to test support at 97.79, the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement. A break below this barrier initially exposes the 38.2% level at 96.46. The 100.00 level remains as the key resistance boundary in focus.

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