RPT FOREX-Yen falls against the dollar, sterling UK data lifts

LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuters) - soaked in my nervousness about the dollar on Thursday, the Japanese authorities moved to curb the rise of the yen in the left investors unwilling to chase higher. Investors are watching whether the central bank to adopt more expansionary monetary policy measures - such as the expansion of liquidity - before meeting Prime Minister Naoto Kan and the Bank of Japan Masaaki Shirakawa Executive Director is scheduled for Monday. At the same time, much stronger than expected retail sales in the UK, and helped to raise pounds euros off prior lows against the dollar and persistent concerns for the health of the eurozone countries, the margin to keep negative.