On Tuesday morning, the cabinet meeting was held as scheduled.
Due to only a one-hour time difference between China and Japan, Lu Liang didn't need to stay up all night. He woke up from a good night's sleep and leisurely made his way to the company.
While eating breakfast, he turned on the live news broadcast, which was focused on the second floor of the National Assembly Hall.
The podium had been set up, waiting for the cabinet meeting to end and the decisions of this session to be announced to the nation.
The camera occasionally flashed to street scenes where citizens, with white bandages tied around their heads, took to the streets to protest the increase in consumption tax.
Lu Liang opened his software. Although the decision hadn't been announced yet, the US Dollar-to-yen exchange rate was already uncontrollable.
This was partly because some banks, seeking to protect themselves, had prohibited the public from exchanging foreign currencies.