Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has talked up the benefits of a weaker yen in a speech, adopting a tone at odds with the Finance Ministry, which has refused to rule out countering excessive foreign exchange volatility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/01/markets/sanae-takaichi-weaker-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #sanaetakaichi #yen #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #2026lowerhouseelection
Japan's Finance Ministry upgraded its economic assessment for the Hokuriku and Okinawa regions while leaving its view on the remaining nine regions unchanged. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/29/economy/hokuriku-okinawa-finance-ministry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #hokuriku #okinawa #japaneseeconomy #tourism
Traders are questioning how effective Japan could be if it were to intervene alone to support the yen, after Scott Bessent cast doubt on the prospect of coordinated action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/29/markets/japan-solo-intervention-ineffective/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #yen #dollar #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #scottbessent
Japanese financial authorities are watching currency movements with a sense of urgency, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Friday, after a moment of yen volatility that transpired more than an hour earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/23/markets/katayama-yen-rate-urgency/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #boj #financeministry #satsukikatayama #inflation #sanaetakaichi
Japan is aiming to set up by the end of the year its own version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to conduct a cross-ministerial review of foreign investments in Japanese companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/08/economy/japan-foreign-investment-committee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #investments #financeministry
Stablecoins are likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market as issues will focus on buying short-term debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/markets/stablecoins-bond-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #jgb
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