The government adopted a stopgap budget plan with about ¥8.5 trillion in general-account spending on Friday to cover expenditures for the first 11 days of fiscal 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/japan/politics/stopgap-budget-adoption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #financeministry #budgets #satsukikatayama

Japan’s finance minister said authorities are prepared to respond to movements in the currency market with bold steps if necessary, as the yen weakens toward a key threshold against the dollar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/16/markets/japan-finance-minister-katayama-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #satsukikatayama #yen #dollar #forex #middleeast

Japan and South Korea expressed concern on Saturday about the rapid declines in their currencies, saying they were ready to act against excessive foreign-exchange volatility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/14/markets/japan-sk-forex-volatility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #financeministry #satsukikatayama

Japan and Canada have made genuine strides in some areas of women's leadership while quietly failing in others. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/13/japan/japan-canada-and-gender-equality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #canada #worldeconomicforum #gendergap #g7 #oecd #sanaetakaichi #satsukikatayama #kimionoda #tomokoyoshino #rengo #women039sissues

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wasn’t specifically highlighting the benefits of a weak yen over the weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/03/economy/japan-finance-minister-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #yen #forex #satsukikatayama #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy

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

The government is unlikely to secure the passage of its fiscal 2026 draft budget by March 31, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her decision to dissolve the Lower House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/japan-election-budget-passage-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #budgets #2026lowerhouseelection #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #satsukikatayama

Despite being branded anti-feminist by media elites, Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi exposes the blind spots and hypocrisy of academic feminism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/16/japan/takaichis-success-and-feminisms-failures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #feminism #women039sissues #sanaetakaichi #satsukikatayama #ldp #childabuse #childporn #caregiving #genderequality

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama shared concerns with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about the weakening yen during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a G7 conference in Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/13/katayama-bessent-concerns-yens-weakening/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #satsukikatayama #scottbessent #yen #forex #currencies