USD/JPY Trading Higher, Japan Manufacturing PMI Edges Up

USD/JPY is trading at 113.54, up 0.27.

The pair is trading a little under the session highs.

Market talk about global headline news is making the rounds.

Japan's Nikkei Manufacturing PMI (purchasing managers survey) for February rose to 53.5 versus 52.7 in January.

Japan's cabinet office reported that Japan's all industry activity index for December fell 0.3 percent after showing a rise of 0.4 percent in November.