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

Takatoshi Ito, a Columbia University professor whose role in bringing inflation targeting to Japan helped trigger one of the most aggressive monetary easing experiments in modern history, has died. He was 74. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/24/economy/takatoshi-ito-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #takatoshiito #financeministry #boj

General-account budget requests from government agencies topped ¥120 trillion for the first time for fiscal 2026, led by higher debt serving costs and social security spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/general-account-budget-requests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #wages #financeministry #budgets #japaneseeconomy

Japanese businesses have pared back their capital investment as the tariff campaign of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/economy/japan-capex-april-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #economicindicators

Amid the rapid growth of cross-border e-commerce, there is increasing global momentum to review systems that allow tax exemptions for low-value imports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/21/economy/japan-low-value-imports-duty-exemption-revision/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #ecommerce #china #financeministry

Japan’s exports sustained their steepest drop in more than four years in July as U.S. tariffs continued to weigh on global commerce, clouding the outlook for growth at a time when personal spending remains unsteady. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/economy/japan-july-exports-fall-most-in-four-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #trade #tariffs #cars #steel #japaneseeconomy

Surplus in the Japanese government's foreign exchange special account stood at a record high of ¥5.36 trillion at the end of fiscal 2024, a Finance Ministry report showed Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/31/surplus-forex-special-account-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #financeministry #forex

The Finance Ministry upgraded its economic view on Okinawa Prefecture, reflecting robust vehicle sales as well as more Japanese and foreign tourists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/economy/economic-view-okinawa-upgrade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #okinawa #tourism #carmakers #japaneseeconomy #tariffs #us

Japan's current account surplus hit ¥3,436.4 billion in May, the highest level for the month, thanks partly to a lower trade deficit reflecting the falling cost of natural resources from abroad, government data shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/economy/may-current-account-surplus-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #currentaccount #trade #financeministry

Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese stocks last week for the first time since March, according to data from the Finance Ministry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/markets/foreign-investors-japan-stock-sell/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #tse

Japan will reduce its issuance of super-long bonds starting in July, taking a step to calm a bond market rattled by recent surges in yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/economy/super-long-bond-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #jgb #bonds #japaneseeconomy