In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 4th, the dollar was bought as a clue to the rise in long-term interest rates in the United States, and the yen depreciated to the low 107 yen level since July last year.
The yen exchange rate as of 5 pm was 107.15 to 16 yen, which is 34 yen weaker and the dollar stronger than the 3rd.
On the other hand, against the euro, the yen appreciated by 3 yen and the euro depreciated by 1 euro = 129.14 to 18 yen compared to the 3rd.
The euro was 1 euro = 1.2052-53 dollars against the dollar.
Market officials said, "The US long-term interest rate has risen again in the New York market on the 3rd, and the movement to buy high-interest dollars has progressed. In Japan, vaccination with the new corona virus is a major Western country. The view that the full-scale resumption of economic activity cannot be seen because it is later has also led to the movement to sell the yen. "