• USD/JPY in stasis on 158, Asia range so far 158.22-51 EBS

• Market awaiting news on US CPI tonight, more Fed-speak, FOMC split?

• Early Japanese importer, spec buys to high but off since

• Capped at top of hourly Ichimoku cloud then at 158.25-52, 158.25-44 now

• Break below cloud sees next support at 158.17 hourly kijun, 158.14 200-HMA

• USD/JPY below 158.56 200-DMA too, near top of 156.44-158.64 daily Ichi cloud

• Downside limited to daily Ichimoku tenkan in cloud at 157.85?

• $1.8 bln 157.00-25 option expiries today base for now? 158.50 $670 mln too

• Another $1.1 bln in expiries today up at 159.00 strike

• EUR/JPY 177.31-57 EBS, tad better bid after 176.49-177.34 range yesterday

• Still in lower range between 176.25 low October 5, 178.33 high October 6

• Spot move above descending 200-HMA at 177.47 bullish? Jury seen still out

• CHF/JPY 189.92-190.38, in 189.17-190.82 range since October 8

• Gravitational pull from whopping CHF1 bln option expiries today at 190.00?

• GBP/JPY buoyant, 209.66-210.20, holding below 210.88/211.26 highs Sept 22/18

• Tomorrow sees GBP964 mln in option expiries at 211.00 strike

• AUD/JPY also buoyant, best since 110.89 September 28, offers noted near top

• NZD/JPY 88.67-89.11, best since 89.31 September 29, offers too near top

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(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)