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'Mr. Yen' predicts further global slowdown

TOKYO, Japan - Eisuke Sakakibara, a former senior Finance Ministry official known as ''Mr. Yen,'' speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo.

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'Mr. Yen' warns optimism on credit crunch over subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Eisuke Sakakibara, a former senior Finance Ministry official, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News.

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DPJ unveils 'cabinet roster' with 'Mr. Yen' as MOF head

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Nov. 4 introduced his nominees for key posts in a cabinet he would form if the party wins the Nov. 9 general election. Kan said if he becomes premier he will appoint former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara (2nd from L) as finance minister, reformist Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (3rd from L) as minister for decentralization, and Yasuyo Yamazaki (L), a former partner in U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, as land, infrastructure and transport minister.

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New, outgoing vice finance ministers meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Haruhiko Kuroda (R) meets the press at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on July 9, after succeeding Eisuke Sakakibara (L) on July 8. Kuroda voiced his determination to do his utmost to keep the yen's exchange rates against major currencies stable.

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Mahathir interested in Japan's bond guarantee scheme

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (R) shakes hands with Eisuke Sakakibara (L), vice finance minister for international affairs, at the start of their talks at a Tokyo hotel June 2. Mahathir expressed interest in making use of the partial bond guarantee scheme under Japan's Asian aid program.

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E. Asia's finance leaders meet in Hanoi

ASEAN nations' vice finance ministers and central bank chiefs have talks in Hanoi with their counterparts from Japan, China and South Korea on March 18. The photo shows Japanese delegates -- Eisuke Sakakibara (3rd from L), vice finance minister for international affairs, and Masayuki Matsushima (2nd from L), executive director of the Bank of Japan.

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U.S. harping on China's currency is election ploy: Sakakibara

TOKYO, Japan - Eisuke Sakakibara, a former vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. Sakakibara, now a professor at Keio University, said the United States is expected to step up calls on China to relax its fixed currency system at the Oct. 1 financial meeting in Washington of the Group of Seven major economies. (Kyodo)

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'Mr. Yen' warns optimism on credit crunch over subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Eisuke Sakakibara, a former senior Finance Ministry official, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. (Kyodo)

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'Mr. Yen' predicts further global slowdown

TOKYO, Japan - Eisuke Sakakibara, a former senior Finance Ministry official known as ''Mr. Yen,'' speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Mahathir interested in Japan's bond guarantee scheme

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (R) shakes hands with Eisuke Sakakibara (L), vice finance minister for international affairs, at the start of their talks at a Tokyo hotel June 2. Mahathir expressed interest in making use of the partial bond guarantee scheme under Japan's Asian aid program.

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DPJ unveils 'cabinet roster' with 'Mr. Yen' as MOF head

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Nov. 4 introduced his nominees for key posts in a cabinet he would form if the party wins the Nov. 9 general election. Kan said if he becomes premier he will appoint former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara (2nd from L) as finance minister, reformist Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (3rd from L) as minister for decentralization, and Yasuyo Yamazaki (L), a former partner in U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, as land, infrastructure and transport minister. (Kyodo)

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Sakakibara, Fischer formal candidates for IMF chief

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Eisuke Sakakibara, former Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs, who was proposed as candidate for the top post of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington on Feb. 22 along with Stanley Fischer, first deputy managing director of the IMF.

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New, outgoing vice finance ministers meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Haruhiko Kuroda (R) meets the press at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on July 9, after succeeding Eisuke Sakakibara (L) on July 8. Kuroda voiced his determination to do his utmost to keep the yen's exchange rates against major currencies stable.

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New, outgoing vice finance ministers meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Haruhiko Kuroda (R) meets the press at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on July 9, after succeeding Eisuke Sakakibara (L) on July 8. Kuroda voiced his determination to do his utmost to keep the yen's exchange rates against major currencies stable.

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E. Asia's finance leaders meet in Hanoi

ASEAN nations' vice finance ministers and central bank chiefs have talks in Hanoi with their counterparts from Japan, China and South Korea on March 18. The photo shows Japanese delegates -- Eisuke Sakakibara (3rd from L), vice finance minister for international affairs, and Masayuki Matsushima (2nd from L), executive director of the Bank of Japan.