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Tatsuo Yamasaki, former vice finance minister for international affairs
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 13, 2026
Japan’s ex-FX chief sees yen firming as Takaichi’s stance clears
Tatsuo Yamasaki also largely ruled out the likelihood of the United States helping Japan with joint currency intervention.
The rate of the yen against various currencies displayed outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 11, 2026
Yen carry trade is a ‘ticking time bomb,’ warns BCA research
The Asian currency rose Tuesday for a second day versus the dollar, gaining 1% following disappointing U.S. retail sales data.
An electronic board displays the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won, and the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations at the dealing room of a bank in Seoul on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 5, 2026
South Korea’s fight for FX stability undermined by its Wall Street mania
The record appetite of Korean retail investors for U.S. stocks is fueling dollar demand as the won languishes at 17-year lows.
Japan's foreign exchange fund special account, established to conduct currency market interventions, has often been referred to as an untapped resource.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 4, 2026
Japan’s forex fund special account eyed for tax cut funding
The foreign exchange fund special account is attracting attention as a possible source of funding for consumption tax reduction or elimination proposed by many parties.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds an international news conference in Budapest on Jan. 5.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2026
Hungary trade takes off as polls point to Orban’s election loss
The BUX stock index has jumped 16% in January, its best month in five years, with the forint trading near a two-year high against the euro.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 3, 2026
Katayama says Takaichi wasn’t emphasizing weak yen merit
Takaichi’s comments suggested she was trying to preserve speculation over government intervention risks.
The Bank of Japan's summary of opinions signals the possibility of Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s board raising the benchmark rate at a faster pace than the market consensus estimate.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2026
BOJ summary suggests emerging urgency around timely rate hikes
The summary signals the possibility of Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s board raising the benchmark rate at a faster pace than the market consensus estimate.
The yen dropped as much as 0.5% to 155.51 against the dollar on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 2, 2026
Yen drops after Takaichi comment cools intervention speculation
The currency dropped as much as 0.5% to 155.51 against the dollar on Monday.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also concurrently serves as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, on Tuesday in Tokyo after a campaign speech for the Lower House election
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 1, 2026
Takaichi talks up weak yen even as Japan works to counter currency decline
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi later ‍softened her stance, saying she did not have a preference for the currency’s direction.
Monthly figures released Friday by the Finance Ministry confirmed that Japan didn’t spend any money on direct intervention to bolster the yen in the four weeks up to Jan. 28.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 31, 2026
Japan gets breathing room for yen by leaning on U.S. fear factor
Monthly figures released Friday by the Finance Ministry confirmed that Japan didn’t spend any money on direct intervention to bolster the yen.
A board showing the yen's exchange rate with the U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 30, 2026
Japan business leader calls on government to act more on yen rate
The comments came as the weak yen continues to hurt smaller firms by pushing up import costs and narrowing room for wage increases.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is “absolutely not” intervening in the dollar-yen market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 29, 2026
Traders highlight risks for Japan going solo on yen intervention
Hopes were dented after Bessent said on Wednesday the U.S. is “absolutely not” intervening in the dollar-yen market.
Japan’s Forex trading world, once symbolized by 'Mrs. Watanabe,' has moved on from investing housewives, with the young largely avoiding the markets.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2026
‘Mrs. Watanabe’, Japan’s FX investing housewife, gets an anime update
The stereotype has been out of date for years. In Japan, as elsewhere, housewives are a near-extinct breed with most households dual-income.
A monitor at the foreign exchange trading company Gaitame.com in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar at the company's dealing room on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2026
Japan is getting creative with its response to the weak yen
But if Tokyo is indeed coordinating policy — or messaging at least — with the U.S. to strengthen the currency, it marks a new and more creative era.
The yen rallies after unconfirmed reports of a "rate-check" by the U.S. Federal Reserve indicate the possibility of an intervention.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 27, 2026
Coordinated intervention chatter changes the bet on the yen
Hint that U.S. will help support currency gets the attention of traders and investors.   
The yen climbed in early Monday trading, as investors are on heightened alert regarding intervention by the Japanese government, possibly with U.S. assistance.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 26, 2026
Yen extends gains as dollar pressure mounts
Attention is turning to Japan once again after a sharp rise in the country’s bond yields unsettled global fixed-income markets last week.
Traders are on high alert for potential Japanese government intervention to stop the yen’s slide, with speculation growing after reports of a U.S. rate check, which could signal joint action to stabilize the currency.
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2026
Market on high alert for yen intervention after Takaichi warning
Intervention speculation builds after traders reported Friday that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York had contacted financial institutions to ask about the yen’s exchange rate.
The yen rallied as much as 1.75% to ¥155.63 per dollar on Friday, extending the gains seen during the Asian trading day to its strongest level of the year. The moves reversed what had been a steady slide toward levels last seen in 2024, when Japan stepped in to buy the currency.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 24, 2026
Yen jumps most since August as risk of intervention ramps up
The jump in the U.S. session came as traders reported that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York had called financial institutions to ask about the yen’s exchange rate.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 23, 2026
Finance chief Katayama watching yen rate ‘with sense of urgency’
Katayama was speaking after the yen gyrated sharply at the conclusion of a press briefing by Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda.
Core inflation rose 3.1% for all of 2025, marking the fourth consecutive year in which consumer price index gains exceeded the Bank of Japan’s 2% inflation target.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 23, 2026
Japan’s inflation slows on subsidy effect ahead of BOJ decision
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.4% in December from a year earlier, with the pace decelerating from 3% in November.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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