It sounds like a lot, but there's about a hundred yen per usd, so in govt budget terms that's single digit billions. Still, it's Japan, so it'll probably be used judiciously.
It used to be roughly that not too long ago, so it's not surprising that that's still the exchange rate people have in mind. I don't think it's worth making an issue out of or being upset by.
I had a look at trends over time (https://www.macrotrends.net/2550/dollar-yen-exchange-rate-hi...) and looked back by decades. In 2013 it was 97.6, in 2003 it was 115.94, 1993 it was 111.08. So roughly around a hundred yen per usd. Before that it was 237.55 in 1983.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 30.1 ms ] threadAwesome how almost every time I see almost anything asserted on HN within my areas of expertise it will reliably be dramatically incorrect.
USD/YEN > 150