USD/JPY gapped higher on the Asian open, touching 104.40 in early interbank trade, after dovish comments from BOJ Chief Kuroda at the Jackson Hole symposium. He said that the BOJ may have to continue with aggressively dovish policy for some time to come.

The USD has also made strong gains against the EUR this morning, with the pair printing levels near 1.3185 in what looks like a stop-loss push.