The Finance Ministry will set a key rate used to calculate the country’s likely interest payments on bonds next fiscal year at 3.0%, the highest in nearly three decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/economy/interest-payments-on-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #budgets #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
Japan has a “free hand” to take bold action against currency moves that are not in line with fundamentals, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/economy/japan-finance-minister-interview-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #satsukikatayama #financeministry #forex #yen #dollar
The Finance Ministry disclosed a fifth set of Moritomo Gakuen papers to the widow of a regional official who died by suicide after being ordered to tamper with official records on the sale. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/politics/moritomo-papers-widow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #akieabe #corruption #financeministry #japanesecourts #osaka #shinzoabe #moritomogakuen
Demand in the U.S. and EU offset a drop in shipments to China to help Japan's exports rise in November by the most since February. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/economy/export-increase-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #trade #financeministry #boj #japaneseeconomy
Japan on Tuesday held the first ministerial meeting to review tax measures, subsidies and funds, in an effort inspired by the "department of government efficiency" (DOGE) in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/politics/doge-ministerial-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #doge #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #us #taxes #satsukikatayama #financeministry #budgets
Japanese businesses trimmed back capital spending over the summer after five straight quarters of gains, in a sign of cooling corporate sentiment as higher U.S. tariffs take a toll on a sputtering economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/japan-capex-down-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #capitalspending #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #boj #gdp
Japan will soon begin full-fledged discussions on revising medical service fees as inflation hits profits of clinics and hospitals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/science-health/medical-service-fees-discussion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #pharmaceuticals #japanmedicalassociation #medicine #financeministry
Japan plans to increase its issuance of short-term debt to help finance Sanae Takaichi’s economic package, a move that comes as markets grow uneasy about fiscal discipline and upward pressure on super-long yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/extra-budget-bond-issues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #budgets #bonds #sanaetakaichi #financeministry
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled last week a large round of extra spending. Now she faces the question of how to fund it without adding to market nervousness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/26/economy/japan-funding-stimulus-package/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #taxes #bonds #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #budgets
‘Sell-Japan’ trade takes a breather as verbal intervention dialed up slightly and stimulus package that so worried the market within expectations https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/21/markets/sell-japan-pause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit for four consecutive months in October, though the gap narrowed 53.6% from a year before to ¥231.8 billion, preliminary data from the Finance Ministry showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/21/economy/japan-trade-deficit-october/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #financeministry #us
Yen and Japanese bonds continue to retreat ahead of super-big stimulus and as verbal intervention from top officials is lacking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/20/markets/market-turmoil-thursday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
A yen rout has brought talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention as Japan's new administration is hit by a triple whammy of falling stocks, bonds and currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/yen-160-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Satsuki Katayama, Japan’s first female finance minister, shoulders the task of selling Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “responsible and proactive fiscal policy.” A former colleague expects an emphasis on “responsible.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/politics/satsuki-katayama-finance-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #satsukikatayama #financeministry #sanaetakaichi
Traders are increasingly skeptical that Japan’s new government will be able to shore up the yen by direct intervention as the currency slumps toward levels that previously drew authorities into the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/economy/yen-dollar-intervention-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
Goldman Sachs Group sees little immediate risk of currency intervention in Japan, saying the usual triggers “have not yet been met” even as the yen approaches 155 per dollar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/economy/yen-no-intervention-risk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #boj #financeministry
The government has yet to find ways to secure some ¥2.4 trillion in stable financial resources to fund the planned elimination of the provisional gasoline tax surcharge and a free high school education program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/politics/funding-on-new-japan-policies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #jip #nipponishinnokai #komeito #taxes #energy #education #financeministry
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sent a message indicating support for the Bank of Japan’s independence as Abenomics comes back into fashion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/economy/bessent-katayama-boj/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #satsukikatayama #sanaetakaichi #usjapanrelations #us #financeministry #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
Satsuki Katayama, Japan’s first female finance chief, joined the Finance Ministry in 1982 and climbed the ranks, reaching a higher position in the influential Budget Bureau than any woman before her. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/27/economy/japan-new-finance-chief-policy-veteran/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #satsukikatayama #financeministry #ldp #sanaetakaichi
In one of her first remarks as Japan's new finance minister, Satsuki Katayama talks taxes and debt without saying too much, steering clear of controversy and commitments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/24/economy/katayama-bessent-comments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cabinet #satsukikatayama #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
