USD/JPY rose in Asian trade off January 16 lows for the fifth session out of eight, while the Japanese market closes down for a national holiday today.
As of 05:58 GMT, USD/JPY rose 0.23% to 109.98, with an intraday high at 110.01, and a low at 109.69.
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman is due to speak at the Annual American Bankers Association Conference for Community Bankers, in San Diego, later today, a day before Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivers a speech tomorrow titled "Economic Development in High Poverty Rural Communities" at the Hope Enterprise Corporation Rural Policy Forum, in Mississippi.