The Japan Times67%
Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund yen intervention 42%
By Erica Yokoyama0% Toru Fujioka0%
6/4/2026, 9:25:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 42.2% saturation with 57 hits. Analysis detected 383 faulty-reasoning hits from 135 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.9% and a BS Rank of 42% (12,836 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 58.60% of the article peer group.
Japan likely drew on its holdings of foreign securities, including U.S.
Treasurys, to finance its record currency market intervention over the past month, a move that may draw attention from Washington.
Tokyo’s holdings of foreign securities at the end of May dropped by $75.6 billion from April, according to Finance Ministry reserve data released Friday.
That scale matches the size of Japan’s recent entry into the currency market to prop up the yen.
The ministry confirmed last week that intervention in the month through May 28 hit a record ¥11.73 trillion ($73.4 billion).
A ministry official briefing on the foreign reserves report acknowledged that intervention was among the factors behind the sharp drop in holdings of foreign securities, adding that the fall was the largest on record.
Confirmation Bias
34.1%Confirmation Bias
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34.1%AuthorErica Yokoyama
10.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anchoring Bias
8.1%Anchoring Bias
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8.1%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Availability Heuristic
14.8%Availability Heuristic
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14.8%AuthorErica Yokoyama
4.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Representativeness Heuristic
13.3%Representativeness Heuristic
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13.3%AuthorErica Yokoyama
2.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Framing Effect
28.9%Framing Effect
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28.9%AuthorErica Yokoyama
8.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
2.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
3.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
40%Negativity Bias
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40%AuthorErica Yokoyama
6.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Appeal to Authority
40%Appeal to Authority
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40%AuthorErica Yokoyama
2.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
1.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
34.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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34.1%AuthorErica Yokoyama
10.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Burden of Proof
14.8%Burden of Proof
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14.8%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
13.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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13.3%AuthorErica Yokoyama
2.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Biased Writer Voice
42.2%Biased Writer Voice
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42.2%AuthorErica Yokoyama
6.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
0.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorErica Yokoyama
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135 words analyzed.
Analysis
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