# Japan's currency hit its weakest level in nearly 40 years Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447/japan-s-currency-hit-its-weakest-level-in-nearly-40-years Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447/japan-s-currency-hit-its-weakest-level-in-nearly-40-years.md Podcast: [World Business Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447) Published: 2026-06-30T15:25:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nvzgff Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nvzfx3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-business-report-466447/episodes/japan-s-currency-hit-its-weakest-level-in-nearly-40-years Duration seconds: 536 ## Resource Japan's Yen drops to its weakest level in nearly 40 years. One business owner in Tokyo tells us the company is struggling to hang on. Are further interest rate rises on the way for the Eurozone? We ask a leader at the European Central bank forum. And a new deal for steel as the EU prepares to bring in tighter rules. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-business-report-466447/episodes/japan-s-currency-hit-its-weakest-level-in-nearly-40-years/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447/japan-s-currency-hit-its-weakest-level-in-nearly-40-years.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.