On the 20th, the end of the consecutive holidays, the Tokyo foreign exchange market and the yen exchange rate moved slightly.
A wait-and-see atmosphere prevailed among investors ahead of a series of monetary policy meetings in Japan and the United States this week.
As of 5:00 p.m., the yen exchange rate was ¥2.00 lower than last weekend, and the dollar was ¥143.46 to ¥48.00.
Against the euro, the exchange rate rose to ¥144.1 from ¥143.97 to ¥144.1 compared to last weekend.
The euro was 1 euro = 1.0035 to 36 dollars against the dollar.
A market insider said, ``As central banks in the U.S. and Japan, as well as in the U.K. and Switzerland, hold a series of meetings to decide monetary policy this week, there is a wait-and-see atmosphere among investors who want to ascertain the content of the meetings. If Europe and the United States, which is suffering from typical inflation, decide to raise interest rates significantly, the yen may weaken further, but the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan are stepping up efforts to restrain the yen's depreciation, so nervous trades are likely to continue. "I'm talking.