Takako Zenba, appearing on TBS’s “Sunday Morning” on September 20, voiced concern over the unstoppable yen depreciation, saying “If this keeps going, prices will climb even further.” The Bank of Japan has since raised interest rates, yet the yen’s slide continues, raising worries about the impact on household finances. On 5ch, users pointed out that the yen will keep weakening as long as the US-Japan interest rate gap doesn’t narrow, questioned whether the 0.25% hike was large enough, and debated how the Bank of Japan’s February personnel reshuffle may have influenced this decision — with opinions split between those burdened by mortgages and those benefiting from rising deposit rates.
Takako Zenba: “If the yen’s slide doesn’t stop, prices will climb even further…” — Concern grows over yen weakness despite BOJ rate hike – Entertainment: Nikkan Sports
September 20, 2026, 10:02 AM
Freelance announcer Takako Zenba appeared on the 20th on TBS’s “Sunday Morning” (Sundays at 8 a.m.), which she hosts, expressing growing alarm over the unrelenting yen depreciation.
Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here
Our tax money is buying dollars for fuel subsidies, and those dollars buy crude oil.
How many years has she been an announcer?
You could read that as her implying the real problem is they only hiked by 0.25%.
But apparently having the "military strength" to actually defend it is a no-go (a jab tying economic "defense" talk to Japan's defense-spending debates)
It'll just slide back to a weak yen right away anyway (Bessent = US Treasury Secretary).
So basically nobody has a clue what to do, lol. No point worrying about it then.
Major forecasters say that won't happen during Trump's term.
3. Predict a future that conveniently favors your own argument
4. State your opinion as fact
Stocks are doing great,
so honestly, thank you PM Takaichi.
They should just name those two, honestly.
Those are the two Takaichi installed in the February BOJ personnel reshuffle.
Of course people buy the currency of the world's reserve-currency nation
exchange rates don't move just to suit Japan's convenience.
It's embarrassing enough that Japan should be swapped out of the G7.
We're getting dragged along by the US, which raised its policy rate to 3.75%, still couldn't stop inflation, resumed hiking, and is now saying it'll hike once more before year-end. Even hiking every three months, Japan still ended up with a weaker yen.
Before that it was 1 yen to the dollar, you know.
And the dumb old-guard media goes: "Mortgage payments have hit their limit, the public is suffering."
Somebody regulate these outlets already.
The ruling party campaigned on easing the burden on the working generation, so of course people are going to worry about the mortgages most of that generation is carrying.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The Bank of Japan decided to raise interest rates at its September monetary policy meeting, but because the US-Japan policy rate gap remains wide, downward pressure on the yen has not eased. Some in the thread pointed to the “yen carry trade” — borrowing low-interest yen to invest in higher-yielding dollar assets — as a factor propping up the weak yen. Two points became sticking points: whether the size of the rate hike was sufficient, and how the Bank of Japan’s February personnel changes under the Takaichi administration may have influenced this decision. These facts can’t be fully verified from the article text alone, so the actual board composition and voting details should be checked against the original article or the BOJ’s official releases. Reactions to the burden of the weak yen and rising prices were also split between the working generation carrying mortgages and those benefiting from higher deposit rates, and that gap in perspective was part of what fueled the debate in the thread.
*This article is composed from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Sunday Morning] Takako Zenba: “If the yen’s slide doesn’t stop, prices will climb even further…” — Concern grows over yen weakness despite BOJ rate hike.”
