TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - Zenbei Mizoguchi, the Finance Ministry's senior deputy director general, said the government this morning intervened in the currency markets to boost the dollar against the yen. "We this morning conducted a market intervention," Mizoguchi told AFX News in parliament. "We will continue appropriate action watching dollar/yen movements," he added. He declined comment when asked whether the government started market intervention as the dollar/yen level hit 116.60 yen.