Friday at a glance: with a daily low of 172.2, GBP/JPY closed Friday at 173.63, after ending Thursday at 172.53 and gaining 109 pips (0.64%).
A look at other currencies also shows bullish price action as GBP/NZD jumps 0.52% Friday and closed at 2.0311. USD/JPY is trading around 140.62 after ending Friday's session at 140.05 (up 0.41% today). Notably, EUR/JPY rose 0.39% Friday and closed at 150.22.
Also worthy of note, Japan Jobs/applications ratio (Apr) scheduled to come out tomorrow at 23:30 UTC.
As things stand, Pound-Yen is 19.31% away from a significant low of 144.6 first set 7 months ago.