TOKYO -- The yen could sink as low as 130 to the dollar by year-end as high resource prices take a toll on Japan's current-account surplus, according to currency analysts surveyed by Nikkei on Thursday.
Rising resource prices set to worsen Japan's trade deficit

The yen touched a nearly 20-year low in Tokyo trading on April 13. © Reuters
TOKYO -- The yen could sink as low as 130 to the dollar by year-end as high resource prices take a toll on Japan's current-account surplus, according to currency analysts surveyed by Nikkei on Thursday.