On the 19th, the yen exchange rate fell slightly against the dollar in the Tokyo foreign exchange market.
The yen exchange rate as of 5 pm was 109.77 yen to 79 yen, which is 17 yen weaker than the 18th.
On the other hand, against the euro, the yen appreciated by 25 yen and the euro depreciated from 1 euro = 128.24 yen to 28 yen compared to the 18th.
The euro was 1 euro = 1.1682 to 84 dollars against the dollar.
Market officials said, "There is widespread belief that the scale of large-scale monetary easing measures in the United States will begin to shrink by the end of the year, and the movement to buy dollars and sell yen from the observation that the interest rate differential between Japan and the United States will widen. In the market, FRB Chair Powell is paying attention to specific references to the reduction of mitigation in his upcoming talk next week. "