On the first day of the week, the Tokyo foreign exchange market saw a slight increase in the yen exchange rate.
The yen exchange rate at 5:00 pm was 132.55-56 sen to the dollar, 22 sen higher than last weekend.
Against the euro, the exchange rate was ¥135.59 to ¥135.63, an increase of ¥29.00 against the euro compared to last weekend.
The euro was 1 euro = 1.0229 to 31 dollars against the dollar.
A market insider said, ``As fears of an economic recession in the United States grow, there is a growing view that the pace of interest rate hikes will slow down. "I'm talking.