Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda has said the carmaker wants the dollar to trade at a minimum of JPY90 – a level necessary to protect jobs in Japan.

Toyoda made the comment to Reuters at an industry gathering.

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On Wednesday, the dollar was changing hands around JPY82 compared with its postwar low of JPY79.75 in 1995.