The U.S. dollar is predicted to be firm against the yen this week in Tokyo in light of the better economic fundamentals in the United States compared with Japan.
"The figures point to a strong dollar. There is no change in the weak yen trend," said Yasushi Ishikawa, deputy manager of the financial engineering team at Credit Lyonnais in Tokyo.
Data released last week showed that U.S. gross domestic product rose an annual 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001, reflecting growth in personal consumption and government spending.