Hajime Takata, a member of the Bank of Japan Council, said that it is advisable to resume the cycle of rate hikes after a pause. Despite the uncertainty over the U.S. tariff policy, Takata believes that the Japanese economy is more resilient than in the 1990s and can withstand external shocks. The Bank of Japan should be flexible: when the Fed tightens its policy, it should avoid excessive weakening of the yen, and when it softens it should not lag behind in normalizing its own monetary policy. According to the Bank of Japan representative, the country is coming out of years of stagnation and is ready for the "real dawn" - stable growth with moderate inflation.Nevertheless, so far such verbal interventions have not supported the Yen, even against the background of a weakened dollar: USD/JPY declines are restrained by purchases when approaching the area we described earlier: 142-143.