Japan intervened in the currency market on July 11 and 12 this year, spending a total of 5.53 trillion yen ($36 billion) to support the currency after it had weakened to around a 38-year low against the U.S. dollar, government data showed Friday. The data confirmed the belief that authorities had stepped into the market when the yen rebounded after tumbling to the 161 level on July 11. The Finance Ministry had already said it spent the amount in the period between June 27 and July 29, without releasing daily breakdowns. There is likely to be more wariness about future currency interventions on…