of the products that apple makes and also there's a focus on the mobile phone carriers, soft bank, kddi and the latest ntt which is just announced to carry apple's iphone here in japan, as well. so big focus on this sector, as well. ai? >> really interesting the see how all that plays out. but ramin, the dollar weakened a touch, hasn't it, as data on friday showed u.s. employers added fewer jobs than expected. tell us more. >> exactly. it was a bit of a mixed picture and reflected in the dollar. currently, 99.71-76. don't forget it broke above 100 yen at one point on monday and backtracked a little bit. expectations of tapering of the federal reserve's bond buying program has come in to question a little bit following the lackluster jobs numbers on friday, ai. there's a big focus on what the fed will do in the policy meeting next week in that regard. let's have a look at the euro/yen, as well. 132.17-27. investors seem more content that policies bare fruit as the central bank made assurances of more accommodative monetary policy and keeping track of currencies, as well. but pretty posit

carrier is also onboard now to sell apple iphones here in japan along with of course soft bank and kddi. all three carriers are going to be holding major events at their stores across tokyo today. that is going to be a big focus. >> that will be interesting to watch. also, tell us about currencies. the yen is weakening which may be helping exporters. what can you tell us there? >> definitely. let's have a look at some of the currency pairs. there has been a big shift. 99.38-41 right now dollar/yen. that's steadily risen, when i said earlier, had actually broken below 98 yen temporarily yesterday. if you remember. but now in the lower levels. economic data in the u.s. helped lift the dollar figure. the figures showed economic activity jumped to the highest level in two years with the philly fed manufacturing index jumping to 22.3 from 9.3 in august. quite a big jump. euro/yen. it also jumped higher. in the 134.48-55 levels. that compares to upper 131. just on wednesday. investors appear to have more risk appetite and are buying assets like the euro amid receding worries about a slowdown