TOKYO (Archyde.com) – Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on March 14 that the bankruptcies of two US midsize banks were “not likely to have a significant impact” on Japan’s financial system. He said at a post-cabinet press conference the same morning. Photographed in Tokyo in December 2022. (2023 REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon) TOKYO (Archyde.com) – Finance Minister … Read more
[TOKYO (Archyde.com)]- Financial Services Minister Shunichi Suzuki said at a meeting of the House of Representatives Finance and Financial Affairs Committee on the 10th that the investment unit for listed company stocks will be reduced, as the Financial Services Agency will look at the expansion and permanence of NISA (small investment tax exemption system). “I … Read more
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (pictured) will actually visit Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to talk with President Zelensky and see the situation there at a press conference after the executive liaison meeting on the 24th. showed recognition that it was meaningful. Photo taken in November 2021 in Tokyo (2023 REUTERS/Issei Kato) TOKYO (Archyde.com) – … Read more
When asked why the Japanese yen is being targeted by speculators, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said at a post-cabinet press conference on the 21st, “We are now in a situation where we are facing off against speculators through the market.” . The photo shows Mr. Suzuki at a press conference at the Ministry of Finance … Read more
On October 20, Finance Minister Masato Kanda (Photo 9) was asked whether he had decided to intervene in the foreign exchange market after the yen temporarily hit 150 yen to the dollar. No,” he said at the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo, January 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato [TOKYO (Archyde.com)]- Finance Minister Masato Kanda responded to reporters … Read more
At the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy held by the government on October 5, private-sector lawmakers emphasized the importance of economic growth that would enable wage increases amid downward pressure on the Japanese economy due to interest rate hikes in Europe and the United States. Photographed in Tokyo in August, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO … Read more
TOKYO (Archyde.com) – The yen-buying intervention on Friday has sparked speculation among market players that there may be a policy mismatch between the government and the Bank of Japan. Both sides deny that there is a contradiction, but there is a persistent view that the BOJ will eventually be forced to revise its monetary easing … Read more
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki reiterated on the 9th that it is important for exchange rates to remain stable in line with fundamentals. File photo, July, Bali, Indonesia, representative photo (2022 REUTERS) TOKYO (Archyde.com) – Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki reiterated on Thursday that it is important for the currency to remain stable in line with fundamentals. … Read more