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G7 finance meeting in Paris

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press after the first day of a two-day meeting with her counterparts and central bank governors from the Group of Seven countries in Paris on May 18, 2026.

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G7 finance meeting in Paris

Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven countries take part in a photo session on the first day of their two-day meeting with central bank governors in Paris on May 18, 2026.

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G7 finance meeting in Paris

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (front, L) is greeted by Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau (front, R) on the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors in Paris on May 18, 2026. Standing behind them is French Finance Minister Roland Lescure.

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G7 finance meeting in Paris

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (front, L) is greeted by Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau (front, R) on the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors in Paris on May 18, 2026. Standing behind them is French Finance Minister Roland Lescure.

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G7 finance meeting in Paris

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure (front) takes a selfie with his counterparts from the Group of Seven countries on the first day of their two-day meeting with central bank governors in Paris on May 18, 2026.

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G7 finance meeting in Paris

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure (front) takes a selfie with his counterparts from the Group of Seven countries on the first day of their two-day meeting with central bank governors in Paris on May 18, 2026.

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G7 finance meeting in Paris

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure (front) takes a selfie with his counterparts from the Group of Seven countries on the first day of their two-day meeting with central bank governors in Paris on May 18, 2026.

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G7 finance meeting in Paris

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (C) poses with Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau (R) and French Finance Minister Roland Lescure on the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors in Paris on May 18, 2026.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama at event

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama stands on a skateboard during a sports and music event in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront area on May 16, 2026.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 12, 2026, after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 12, 2026, after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 12, 2026, after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 12, 2026, after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is pictured after a dinner meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo on May 11, 2026. Bessent arrived at Haneda airport earlier in the day ahead of the U.S.-China summit in Beijing in mid-May.

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U.S. treasury secretary in Japan

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pictured after a dinner meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama in Tokyo on May 11, 2026. Bessent arrived at Haneda airport earlier in the day ahead of the U.S.-China summit in Beijing in mid-May.

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Japan's suspected currency intervention

Photo taken on May 3, 2026, shows Japan's Finance Ministry in Tokyo. The ministry and the Bank of Japan likely spent an additional 4 trillion yen during the Golden Week holiday in early May to arrest the yen's further fall following a yen-buying operation on April 30.

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Japan's suspected currency intervention

Photo taken on March 19, 2026, shows the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. The Finance Ministry and the BOJ likely spent an additional 4 trillion yen during the Golden Week holiday in early May to arrest the yen's further fall following a yen-buying operation on April 30.

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Finance meeting in Samarkand

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (C) speaks during a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from Japan, China, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on May 3, 2026.

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Finance meeting in Samarkand

Finance ministers and central bank governors from Japan, China, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold a meeting to address the global oil situation in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on May 3, 2026.

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Top currency official meets press after intervention

Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura meets the press in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, a day after Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market to arrest the yen's further fall after it weakened to around 160 to the dollar.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Finance minister's comments on currency market

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, hinting at stepping into the currency market to arrest the dollar's further rise against the yen as the U.S. currency spurted to the mid-160 yen level earlier in the day.

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Dollar tumbles to 156 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 156 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike meets Finance Minister Katayama

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (R) holds talks with Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on April 20, 2026.

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IMFC meeting in Washington

Saudi Arabian Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan speaks during a press conference in Washington on Apri 17, 2026, following a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, which he chaired.

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Japan finance minister in New York

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama makes a speech in New York on April 18, 2026. (Pool photo)

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G7 finance meeting in Washington

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama holds a press conference in Washington on April 17, 2026, following a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced countries.

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Japanese Finance Minister Katayama in Washington

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference in Washington on April 16, 2026, after attending a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors.

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BOJ Governor Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks at a press conference after attending a meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Washington on April 16, 2026.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama after G7 meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to reporters in Washington on April 15, 2026, after attending a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrial powers.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama after G7 meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to reporters in Washington on April 15, 2026, after attending a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrial powers.

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Keidanren Press Conference on Integrated Reform of Taxation, Public Finance, and Social Security

Keidanren press conference on the integrated reform of taxation, public finances, and social security. The photo shows, from right to left, Vice Chairman Hideki Kobori, Chair of the Social Security Committee (Chairman of Asahi Kasei), and Executive Director Takashi Inoue.=April 13,2026,Tokyo

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Keidanren Press Conference on Integrated Reform of Taxation, Public Finance, and Social Security

Keidanren press conference on the integrated reform of taxation, public finance, and social security. The photo shows, Vice Chairman Hideki Kobori, Chair of the Social Security Committee (Chairman of Asahi Kasei).=April 13,2026,Tokyo

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Japanese Finance Minister Katayama

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to reporters after a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on April 10, 2026.

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Japanese Finance Minister Katayama

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to reporters after a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on April 10, 2026.

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G7 meeting on ways to stabilize global energy market

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press in Tokyo on March 30, 2026, following an online Group of Seven finance meeting to discuss ways to stabilize the volatile global energy market amid the continuing Middle East crisis.

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Japan-S. Korea finance dialogue

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama holds a press conference following the 10th round of bilateral finance ministerial dialogue with her South Korean counterpart Koo Yun Cheol in Tokyo on March 14, 2026.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama meets press after G7 talks

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry on March 9, 2026, after an online meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers. The ministers discussed a possible coordinated release of oil reserves amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama in parliament

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2026.

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Japan's delivery of surveillance radar systems to Philippines

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo (R) shakes hands with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro during a ceremony held in Manila on Feb. 11, 2026, following Japan's delivery of five coastal surveillance radar systems to the Philippine military. In November 2023, Japan agreed to provide grand-in-aid to the Philippines to finance the project.

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Session of Questions to The Government - Paris

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure during Question session with the government at the Bourbon Palace at the National Assembly. Paris, France on January 20, 2026. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Session of Questions to The Government - Paris

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure during Question session with the government at the Bourbon Palace at the National Assembly. Paris, France on January 20, 2026. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Session of Questions to The Government - Paris

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure and French Minister of Agriculture, Agri-food and Food Sovereignty Annie Genevard during Question session with the government at the Bourbon Palace at the National Assembly. Paris, France on January 20, 2026. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals Visit To Command Post After Adamuz Railway Train Accident - Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by the First Vice-President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero (r) visit the Poniente Sur Civic Centre in Córdoba, where the information point for relatives of the victims of the train accident in which at least 41 people died and more than a hundred were injured has been set up. On 20 January 2026 in Cordoba (Andalusia, Spain). The Royal Family has brought forward their return to Spain from Greece and reduced their agenda in order to be able to travel to Cordoba after the train accident in Adamuz, which last Sunday, 18 January, caused at least 41 deaths and a hundred injured. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia wanted to take an interest in and offer their support to the victims of the tragic accident and to thank the emergency services for their work, as well as the immediate collaboration provided by the residents of the town in Cordoba. Photo by Francisco J. Olmo / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals Visit To Command Post After Adamuz Railway Train Accident - Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by the First Vice-President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero (r) visit the Poniente Sur Civic Centre in Córdoba, where the information point for relatives of the victims of the train accident in which at least 41 people died and more than a hundred were injured has been set up. On 20 January 2026 in Cordoba (Andalusia, Spain). The Royal Family has brought forward their return to Spain from Greece and reduced their agenda in order to be able to travel to Cordoba after the train accident in Adamuz, which last Sunday, 18 January, caused at least 41 deaths and a hundred injured. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia wanted to take an interest in and offer their support to the victims of the tragic accident and to thank the emergency services for their work, as well as the immediate collaboration provided by the residents of the town in Cordoba. Photo by Francisco J. Olmo / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals Visit To Command Post After Adamuz Railway Train Accident - Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by the First Vice-President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, greet members of the emergency services on their arrival this Tuesday, 20 January, in Adamuz (Córdoba) after the accident between two trains in which at least 41 people died and more than a hundred were injured. On 20 January 2026 in Adamuz, Córdoba (Andalusia, Spain). The Royal Family has brought forward their return to Spain from Greece and reduced their agenda to be able to travel to Cordoba after the train accident in Adamuz, which last Sunday, 18 January, caused at least 41 deaths and a hundred injured. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia wanted to take an interest in and offer their support to the victims of the tragic accident and to thank the emergency services for their work, as well as the immediate collaboration provided by the residents of the town in Cordoba. Photo by Joaquin Corchero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals Visit To Command Post After Adamuz Railway Train Accident - Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by the First Vice-President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, greet members of the emergency services on their arrival this Tuesday, 20 January, in Adamuz (Córdoba) after the accident between two trains in which at least 41 people died and more than a hundred were injured. On 20 January 2026 in Adamuz, Córdoba (Andalusia, Spain). The Royal Family has brought forward their return to Spain from Greece and reduced their agenda to be able to travel to Cordoba after the train accident in Adamuz, which last Sunday, 18 January, caused at least 41 deaths and a hundred injured. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia wanted to take an interest in and offer their support to the victims of the tragic accident and to thank the emergency services for their work, as well as the immediate collaboration provided by the residents of the town in Cordoba. Photo by Joaquin Corchero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals Visit To Command Post After Adamuz Railway Train Accident - Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by the First Vice-President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, greet members of the emergency services on their arrival this Tuesday, 20 January, in Adamuz (Córdoba) after the accident between two trains in which at least 41 people died and more than a hundred were injured. On 20 January 2026 in Adamuz, Córdoba (Andalusia, Spain). The Royal Family has brought forward their return to Spain from Greece and reduced their agenda to be able to travel to Cordoba after the train accident in Adamuz, which last Sunday, 18 January, caused at least 41 deaths and a hundred injured. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia wanted to take an interest in and offer their support to the victims of the tragic accident and to thank the emergency services for their work, as well as the immediate collaboration provided by the residents of the town in Cordoba. Photo by Joaquin Corchero / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM