During European late morning trade, the dollar was down against the yen, with USD/JPY falling 0.68% to 99.92, after falling to lows of 99.61 earlier in the session.
The yen was higher following Sunday’s elections in Japan’s upper house, which gives the ruling coalition a majority in both houses of parliament.
The majority will allow Prime Minister Abe to continue to push through a series of structural reforms aimed at spurring economic growth and fighting deflation.
Demand for the dollar continued to be underpinned by expectations that the Federal Reserve will start to unwind its bond purchase program later this year.
Over the weekend, the Group of 20 nations stressed the need for a “careful” shift away from monetary easing so that market volatility does not negatively impact on the global recovery.
Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 nations said Saturday that future changes to monetary policy should be “carefully calibrated and clearly communicated."
The dollar was also lower against the euro, with EUR/USD climbing 0.38% to 1.3187.
The euro found support after Portugal’s president ruled out early elections on Sunday despite a lack of consensus between political leaders on how to keep the country’s bailout program on track.
Elsewhere, the dollar was down against the pound and the Swiss franc, with GBP/USD rising 0.38% to 1.5335 and USD/CHF down 0.39% to 0.9378.
The greenback was mixed against its Australian, New Zealand and Canadian counterparts, with AUD/USD rising 0.24% to 0.9200, NZD/USDdown 0.14% to 0.7919 and USD/CAD losing 0.15% to trade at 1.0350.
The New Zealand dollar remained lower following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Wellington on Sunday.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.40% to 82.40.
The U.S. was to release private sector data on existing home sales later in the trading day.
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