Yen could tumble to 130 against dollar by year-end: analyst poll

Rising resource prices set to worsen Japan's trade deficit

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The yen touched a nearly 20-year low in Tokyo trading on April 13. © Reuters

RYO SAEKI, AKIRA INUJIMA, and DAISUKE NAKAMOTO, Nikkei staff writers

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.

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