Dollar climbed off January 16 lows against yen for the third straight session, following earlier data from Japan and ahead of US factory data.
As of 05:50 GMT, USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 109.73, with an intraday low at 109.43, and the highest since January 25 at 109.79.
Earlier Japanese data showed the important money base gauge released by the Bank of Japan up 4.7%, slowing down from 4.8% in December, with the BoJ using the index as an important operational goal for its money base plans since April 2013.
US Data
Now investors await US factory orders data, expected with a 0.3% increase in November, compared to a 2.1% drop in October.
Labor data released last Friday showed the economy added an excellent 304 thousand new jobs in January, besting estimates of 165K, and up from a revised 222K in December.
US average hourly earnings rose 0.1% in January, missing estimates of a 0.3% increase, and down from 0.4% in December, while unemployment rose to 4.0% in January from 3.9%, missing estimates of also 3.9%.
The Federal Open Market Committee voted at the January 29-30 meeting to hold overnight interest rates below 2.5%, while changing the wording for future policies to "patience" as the FOMC monitors economic and trade developments.