BoJ Kuroda to appear in Japan Parliament from 04:00 GMT

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda will be appearing in Japan's Parliament today at 04:00 GMT. He is expected to reiterate his recent talking points, trying to talk the Yen down from its strong position with renewed vigor following yesterday's equities collapse. 

Leading figures from the BoJ have been putting in a large amount of mic time lately, as the strengthening Yen begins to eat away at the fragile economic growth Japan's central bank has worked tireless to encourage. Accelerating gains for the Yen undermines the BoJ's efforts, and central planners fear a market 'snap' as traders pile into the Yen too much, too soon on expectations of rate increases in the future. Kuroda and his peers have had little luck talking the Yen back down to lower levels, and the global rout in risk assets will give the BoJ more work than they're hoping for.