Japan's finance minister: shared weak yen concerns with US Treasury's Bessent

ReutersJan 12, 2026 11:32 PM

TOKYO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Japan's finance minister Satsuki Katayama said she and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared concerns over what she called the yen's JPY=EBS recent one-sided depreciation.

Katayama was speaking to reporters after a bilateral meeting with Bessent on the sidelines of the multilateral meeting on critical mineral supply chains.

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