As the new saying says, this is because of Putin. When I read this I almost feel ashamed to say that thanks to Bitcoin I never felt as wealthy as I am now, and the exchange rate has made my income increase significantly. Following inflation yesterday I saw rice sold with sugar in it in the supermarket and the box looked like half empty (shrinkflation). After 2011 there were gold coins sold for 100,000 JPY as a commemoration of the Earthquake in the Eastern part of the country. When I checked it's value yesterday it was now sold at 360,000 JPY...