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Japan finance minister on yen's depreciation

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2026, following the yen's depreciation to 159 against the U.S. dollar amid speculation that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will accelerate expansionary fiscal policy after an expected general election.

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G7 finance meeting on critical minerals

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026, after attending a meeting between the finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries and representatives of other countries including Australia and India on ways to reduce overreliance on China for critical minerals.

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G7 finance meeting on critical minerals

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026, after attending a meeting between the finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries and representatives of other countries including Australia and India on ways to reduce overreliance on China for critical minerals.

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Year's first trading at TSE

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama strikes a bell at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony

Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony. Photo shows Finance Minister and Minister in charge of Financial Services Satsuki Katayama delivering remarks.=January 5,2026,Tokyo

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Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony

Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony. Photo shows attendees including Finance Minister and Minister in charge of Financial Services Katayama Satsuki (second from right in front row) performing the hand clapping ritual.=January 5,2026,Tokyo

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Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony

Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony. Photo shows Finance Minister and Minister in charge of Financial Services Satsuki Katayama ringing the bell.=January 5,2026,Tokyo

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Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony

Japan Exchange Group 2026 New Year's Opening Ceremony. Photo shows, from left, Hiromi Yamaji, CEO of Japan Exchange Group, and Satsuki Katayama, Minister of Finance and Minister in charge of Financial Services.=January 5,2026,Tokyo

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Year's first trading at TSE

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026.

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Year's first trading at TSE

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama strikes a bell at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026.

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Year's first trading at TSE

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama strikes a bell at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan parliament enacts law to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reacts at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2025, as the parliament enacts a law to end the provisional gasoline tax surcharge.

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Japan parliament enacts law to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reacts at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2025, as the parliament enacts a law to end the provisional gasoline tax surcharge.

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Bill to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reacts as the House of Representatives passes a bill to eliminate a provisional gasoline tax rate in parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama in parliament

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama attends a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. finance meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (far L) holds talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (far R) at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. finance meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. finance meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. finance meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (far L) holds talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (far R) in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. finance meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (L) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. finance meeting

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (L) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025.

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New Japan Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama gives an interview at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2025.

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New Japan Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama gives an interview at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2025.

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2025, following telephone talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2025, following telephone talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is pictured after holding a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (far L) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

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Japan's new Finance Minister Katayama

New Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

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Inauguration of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda (L), and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama are pictured after being formally inaugurated in a ceremony with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace on Oct. 21, 2025.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Satsuki Katayama, who is set to become finance minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Japan PM Abe's new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 2 Kyodo - Japan's new regional revitalization minister Satsuki Katayama, the sole woman in the reshuffled Cabinet, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2018, after attending an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Japan PM Abe's new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 2 Kyodo - Japan's new regional revitalization minister Satsuki Katayama (R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2018. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can be seen in the center. (Pool photo)

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2009, after she was defeated by independent Minoru Kiuchi in the House of Representatives election. Katayama, who was touted by Koizumi as a ''madonna of reform,'' was defeated by Kiuchi, an LDP rebel who voted against Koizumi's postal reform bills and was forced to give up the seat to Katayama at the last election.

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'Koizumi's children' face changing political climate

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Sugimura (top right, clockwise), Kuniko Inoguchi, Koichi Yamauchi and Satsuki Katayama, and Yukari Sato (center) are among the so-called ''Koizumi's children'' who won seats in the House of Representatives in the 2005 general election on the coattails of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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New METI parliamentary secretary Katayama vows to carry out reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Rookie lawmaker Satsuki Katayama walks into the prime minister's office after being appointed as parliamentary secretary of the Economy, Industry and Trade Ministry on Nov. 2. The 46-year-old former elite bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry pledged to carry out reforms at her new position, saying, ''I was elected to parliament as I advocated reforms. It is a challenge for me to complete the mission in a good way.''

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LDP rookies make debuts in Diet debate on postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, who was elected in the Sept. 11 general election on an LDP ticket, makes her debut in Diet deliberations in a session of the lower house Special Committee on Postal Privatization on Oct. 7.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, has a parliamentarian's badge pinned on her Sept. 21 before attending a special Diet session after the Sept. 11 general election.

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Koizumi tells new LDP elects not to represent specific interests

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, former Ministry of Finance bureaucrat who was elected in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, arrives at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 20 to attend a training program launched by the ruling party for newcomers.

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Ex-bureaucrat Katayama wins in Shizuoka

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Satsuki Katayama celebrates at her election campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 12 after finding out she was certain to capture the Shizuoka No. 7 district seat in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Katayama begins election campaigning

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat now running in the Sept. 11 general election, waves as she leaves her office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 30 for official campaigning in the election.

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Koizumi asks MOF bureaucrat to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, a Ministry of Finance bureaucrat, leaves the Liberal Democratic Party Headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 13 after a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Koizumi, who doubles as LDP President, asked her to run in the Sept. 11 election on an LDP ticket, party officials said. Kyodo)

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Election campaigning begins

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Satsuki Katayama is in high spirit in front of her campaign headquarters in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 30 as she kicks off a campaign for the House of Representatives from the Shizuoka No. 7 constituency. (Kyodo)

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, has a parliamentarian's badge pinned on her Sept. 21 before attending a special Diet session after the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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LDP rookies make debuts in Diet debate on postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, who was elected in the Sept. 11 general election on an LDP ticket, makes her debut in Diet deliberations in a session of the lower house Special Committee on Postal Privatization on Oct. 7. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Abe's new Cabinet

Japan's new regional revitalization minister Satsuki Katayama, the sole woman in the reshuffled Cabinet, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2018, after attending an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo