*Dollar/yen up more than 2.5 pct, could target 100 yen. LONDON, April 4-- The yen tumbled on Thursday after the Bank of Japan announced aggressive measures to ease monetary policy, including a plan to double its holdings of bonds and stocks in two years.
*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.7 pct, N.Korea steps up rhetoric. TOKYO, April 4- Japanese stocks and government bonds rallied while the yen slipped more than 1 percent against the dollar and the euro after the Bank of Japan took strong easing steps on Thursday, but other Asian equities fell on worries over the U.S. economy.
NEW YORK, April 4- The dollar and euro soared more than 3 percent against the yen on Thursday in their biggest one-day moves since 2008 after the Bank of Japan announced a level of monetary easing to fight deflation that was seen as a radical overhaul of policy.
LONDON, April 4- Copper bounced from an 8- month low on Thursday as the euro recovered against the dollar but doubts remained over the prospects for industrial metals as physical demand remains weak and inventories are at multi-year highs.
NEW YORK, April 3- The dollar dropped against the yen and the euro on Wednesday after reports showed unexpectedly low job gains in the U.S. private and slower growth in the service sector last month, raising fears about recovery in the world's largest economy.
LONDON, April 3- World shares, the euro and German bonds barely moved on Wednesday as investors turned cautious before this week's policy decisions by the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank, followed by U.S. jobs data.
LONDON, April 3- The yen and euro traded in narrow ranges on Wednesday, with investors reluctant to second-guess central bankers in the run-up to tricky monetary policy decisions in Tokyo and Frankfurt.
LONDON, April 3- Shares, the euro and German bonds were barely changed on Wednesday as investors turned cautious before this week's policy decisions by the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank, along with monthly U.S. jobs data.
*Gold falls to 1- month low as investors prefer stocks. On Thursday the ECB is forecast to leave interest rates unchanged but expectations are high that Japan's central bank will announce a forceful monetary easing to try to boost its recession-bound economy.
SINGAPORE/ SYDNEY, April 3- The yen and the euro inched lower versus the dollar on Wednesday, with trading largely characterized by a lack of conviction as markets awaited policy decisions by the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank on Thursday. The dollar firmed 0.1 percent to 93.52 yen, inching away from a one-month low of 92.57 yen set on Tuesday.