SINGAPORE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The most active gold contract on Tokyo Commodity Exchange, currently December, rallied to an all-time high at 4,944 yen a gram on Thursday as the Japanese currency dropped to its weakest in more than two years.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waded into the growing global debate about currency wars for the first time on Wednesday, shrugging off criticism that Tokyo was trying to intentionally weaken the yen with its monetary and fiscal stimulus measures.

(Reporting by Lewa Pardomuan; Editing by Himani Sarkar) Keywords: TOCOM GOLD/

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