BUZZ-Japan FinMin Kato speaks out against weaker JPY today

• Japan FinMin Kato seeing some one-sided, rapid FX moves, "alarmed"

• Wants currencies to move in stable manner reflecting fundamentals

• No comment on levels but ready to take appropriate action on excessive moves

• Japanese verbal intervention will likely continue as USD/JPY pushes higher

• FX market reacting accordingly, USD/JPY off some from 158.42 high earlier

• USD/JPY likely to remain bid into Friday's US December NFP/jobs report

• Expectations for unemployment unchanged at 4.2%, payrolls +154k vs Nov +227k

• See nP8N3K10QU, for more click on FXBUZ

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