Japanese Prime Minister candidate Hayashiko Masako supports the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike strategy.

According to the Wisdom Financial APP, Yoshimasa Hayashi, the chief spokesperson of the Japanese government and a candidate for prime minister, stated that the Bank of Japan's gradual plan to raise interest rates is generally consistent with the government's considerations in economic policy. When asked if he was concerned that the Federal Reserve's rate cuts would harm Japan's export-dependent economy by pushing up the yen against the dollar, Hayashi stated that policymakers in Tokyo no longer hold that assumption.