Why does the Yen trend so much????

Hi,

I'm fairly new to forex and was just curious to why the pairs with the Yen in it trend so much compared to other pairings?

If I look on my charts, they only go back to the middle of 2005 but it seems to have been happening since then.

Has it always been like this?

Thanks

Jonny

My guess would be because for a long time BOJ's interest rate was 0%. It's at .25% right now, so it makes carry trades very profitable. Its economy is also growing quite nicely.