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G20 finance chiefs' meeting in Cape Town

Hiroaki Saito (C), senior vice finance minister of Japan, and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (R) attend a press conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 27, 2025, following a Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting.

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G20 finance chiefs' meeting in Cape Town

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (R) and Hiroaki Saito, senior vice finance minister of Japan, attend a Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 26, 2025.

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Japanese senior vice finance minister resigns

Japan's senior vice finance minister Kenji Kanda bows to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2023, after resigning in the wake of a magazine report that said his company had failed to pay taxes.

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Japanese senior vice finance minister resigns

Japan's senior vice finance minister Kenji Kanda (C) bows to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2023, after resigning in the wake of a magazine report that said his company had failed to pay taxes.

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Tax delinquency by Japanese senior vice finance minister

Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Kenji Kanda, a House of Representatives lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is pictured after speaking at a House of Councillors committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2023, in reply to a weekly magazine report that a company of his failed to pay taxes between 2013 and 2022.

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Tax delinquency by Japanese senior vice finance minister

Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Kenji Kanda, a House of Representatives lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a House of Councillors committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2023, in reply to a weekly magazine report that a company of his failed to pay taxes between 2013 and 2022.

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Meeting of creditors to Sri Lanka

Masato Kanda, Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs, meets the press after a meeting of creditors to Sri Lanka in Tokyo on May 9, 2023. The inaugural meeting of senior officials from 27 nations including 19 creditors was held to promote Sri Lanka's debt restructuring after the country defaulted in 2022.

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Spotlight on "two sessions": Maintaining low inflation

STORY: Spotlight on "two sessions": Maintaining low inflation DATELINE: March 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:25 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of "two sessions" 2. various of China 3. STANDUP 1 (English): HUANG AIPING, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TIAN XUAN, NPC Deputy, Vice-president of Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance 5. various of China 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FAHEEM SARDAR, Senior Policy Specialist at Strategic Policy Planning Cell, National Security Division of Prime Minister's Office of Government of Pakistan 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director, center for China studies, Nigeria 9. STANDUP 2 (English): HUANG AIPING, Xinhua correspondent 10. various of China 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): X.N. IRAKI, Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi 12. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): HUDA AL-MALLAH, Director of the International Center for

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APEC finance ministers hold talks in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L front) and Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Fumihiko Igarashi (R) attend a meeting of finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 10, 2011. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Noda becomes finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010, after being appointed as finance minister by Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Noda served as senior vice finance minister under former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet from last September.

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G-20 agrees to cut deficits, tighten regulations

BUSAN, South Korea - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki (R) speaks at a press conference attended by Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa in Busan, South Korea, on June 5, 2010, after a gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies. Minezaki told reporters that Tokyo will set ''very strict'' fiscal restoration goals.

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G-20 agrees to cut deficits, tighten regulations

BUSAN, South Korea - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki speaks at a press conference after attending a gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies in Busan, South Korea, on June 5, 2010. Minezaki told reporters that Tokyo will set ''very strict'' fiscal restoration goals.

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G-20 agrees to cut deficits, tighten regulations

BUSAN, South Korea - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki (L) speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at a gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies in Busan, South Korea, on June 5, 2010. Minezaki told reporters that Tokyo will set ''very strict'' fiscal restoration goals.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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Hiranuma's party to pursue 'medium welfare, medium cost-bearing'

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 8, 2010, after a meeting with the prospective founding members of the new party called ''Tachiagare Nippon'' (Stand Up, Japan). Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Liberal Democratic Party Acting Secretary General Hiroyuki Sonoda, former Cabinet Office senior vice minister Yoshio Nakagawa and former transport minister Takao Fujii took part in the meeting to discuss the policies of the party, which will be headed by Hiranuma.

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Japan explains plan to set fiscal reconstruction target

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a news conference at the end of a two-day meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and central bankers in St. Andrews, Scotland, on Nov. 7, 2009.

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Japan FY 2010 budget requests total record 95 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks about budgetary requests for fiscal 2010 at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2009. Japan's general-account budget for fiscal 2010 on a request basis reached an all-time high of 95.04 trillion yen.

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3 candidates attend public debate for presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Three candidacies for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election acknowledge the audience's applause after their debate for the Sept. 28 election at the party's headquarters on Sept. 24, 2009. (From R to L) are former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, former Senior Vice Justice Minister Taro Kono and former Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura.

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3 candidates in LDP presidential election debate in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Three candidates running in the presidential election for the opposition Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L to R) former Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, former Senior Vice Justice Minister Taro Kono and former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki -- join hands at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2009, before their public debate session.

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3 candidates formally enter leadership contest for opposition LDP

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, 64, former Senior Vice Justice Minister Taro Kono, 46, and former Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, 46, shake hands during a press conference on Sept. 18, 2009, in announcing their candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election slated for Sept. 28, 2009.

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3 LDP lawmakers run in president election

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Sadakazu Tanigaki, a former finance minister, Taro Kono, a former senior vice justice minister, and Yasutoshi Nishimura, a former parliamentary foreign vice minister, file their candidacies for the Sept. 28, 2009 presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party. The winner will replace Taro Aso as head of the party, which suffered a crushing defeat in the general election in August.

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata announces his intention to resign during a press conference at the Finance Ministry on March 26. He made the announcement following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month.

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (L) attend a session of the fiscal and finance committee of the House of Councilors on March 26. Hirata announced his intention to resign later in the day following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month, and Aso accepted his offer.

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Finance ministry's Hirata sold stocks despite ban on trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata is surrounded by reporters after a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on March 26. A document showed that Hirata sold a massive number of shares of a plasterboard maker in off-market trading in early March despite a ban on stock trading under the ethics code for politically appointed ministers.

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MOF lowers economic views for all 11 regions for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Wataru Takeshita addresses a meeting of the chiefs of the 11 regional bureaus of the Finance Ministry at the ministry on Jan. 28. The ministry lowered its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the October-December period from the previous three months. It adopted the word ''worsening'' in the overall assessment for the first time since comparable data became available in 1985.

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MOF cuts economic assessments for all 11 regions

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (second from right) delivers a speech at a meeting of the heads of regional financial bureaus held at the Finance Ministry on Oct. 29. The ministry downgraded its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the July-September period from the previous quarter, the first across-the-board evaluation cut in 10 years.

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Top DPJ execs reject Watanabe for BOJ deputy governor

TOKYO, Japan - Top Democratic Party of Japan officials -- (from L to R) President Ichiro Ozawa, Acting President Naoto Kan and Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama -- attend a meeting of senior party executives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on April 8 where they rejected the government's nomination of Hiroshi Watanabe, a former vice finance minister for international affairs, for the post of Bank of Japan deputy governor.

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MOF's Kobayashi fails to declare donors' names

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koki Kobayashi (file photo) failed to state the names of some donors in official reports on political donations as required under law, his office said May 7. The office cited clerical errors as the reason for the situation.

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Engineering weaker yen would anger U.S., Kato warns

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, former vice finance minister for international affairs and now a senior adviser to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 9. He warned Japan must be cautious in artificially engineering a weaker yen lest the United States balk at such manipulation.

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Japan pledges 9.17 billion yen for poverty, IT in Asia

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Senior Vice Finance Minister Seiichiro Murakami addresses the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Honolulu on May 10. Japan pledged 9.17 billion yen to assist poverty reduction and the promotion of information technology (IT) in Asia.

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3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

FRANKFURT, Germany - Heiner Flassbeck (in this photo), former German vice finance minister who currently serves as senior economist at the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, proposes March 27 that Japan implement an across-the-board wage hike of around 3% in nominal terms to stimulate consumer spending and help it overcome deflation and other economic problems.

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Engineering weaker yen would anger U.S., Kato warns

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, former vice finance minister for international affairs and now a senior adviser to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 9. He warned Japan must be cautious in artificially engineering a weaker yen lest the United States balk at such manipulation.

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Top DPJ execs reject Watanabe for BOJ deputy governor

TOKYO, Japan - Top Democratic Party of Japan officials -- (from L to R) President Ichiro Ozawa, Acting President Naoto Kan and Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama -- attend a meeting of senior party executives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on April 8 where they rejected the government's nomination of Hiroshi Watanabe, a former vice finance minister for international affairs, for the post of Bank of Japan deputy governor. (Kyodo)

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MOF cuts economic assessments for all 11 regions

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (second from right) delivers a speech at a meeting of the heads of regional financial bureaus held at the Finance Ministry on Oct. 29. The ministry downgraded its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the July-September period from the previous quarter, the first across-the-board evaluation cut in 10 years. (Kyodo)

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MOF lowers economic views for all 11 regions for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Wataru Takeshita addresses a meeting of the chiefs of the 11 regional bureaus of the Finance Ministry at the ministry on Jan. 28. The ministry lowered its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the October-December period from the previous three months. It adopted the word ''worsening'' in the overall assessment for the first time since comparable data became available in 1985. (Kyodo)

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Finance ministry's Hirata sold stocks despite ban on trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata is surrounded by reporters after a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on March 26. A document showed that Hirata sold a massive number of shares of a plasterboard maker in off-market trading in early March despite a ban on stock trading under the ethics code for politically appointed ministers. (Kyodo)

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata announces his intention to resign during a press conference at the Finance Ministry on March 26. He made the announcement following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month. (Kyodo)

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (L) attend a session of the fiscal and finance committee of the House of Councilors on March 26. Hirata announced his intention to resign later in the day following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month, and Aso accepted his offer. (Kyodo)

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Japan to take necessary steps to stem yen speculation: MOF

Masatsugu Asakawa, Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks to reporters after meeting with senior officials of the Bank of Japan and the Financial Services Agency in Tokyo on July 8, 2016. The Japanese government will take necessary steps to stem "speculative moves" in the exchange market after the yen firmed against the U.S. dollar, Asakawa said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan appoints Tanaka as top finance bureaucrat

Undated combined photo shows senior Japanese Finance Ministry officials Masatsugu Asakawa (L) and Kazuho Tanaka. The ministry said on July 7, 2015 that Tanaka has been promoted to administrative vice minister from Budget Bureau chief. Asakawa, who headed the International Bureau, was tapped as vice finance minister for international affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiranuma's party to pursue 'medium welfare, medium cost-bearing'

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 8, 2010, after a meeting with the prospective founding members of the new party called ''Tachiagare Nippon'' (Stand Up, Japan). Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Liberal Democratic Party Acting Secretary General Hiroyuki Sonoda, former Cabinet Office senior vice minister Yoshio Nakagawa and former transport minister Takao Fujii took part in the meeting to discuss the policies of the party, which will be headed by Hiranuma. (Kyodo)

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara. (Kyodo)

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Noda becomes finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010, after being appointed as finance minister by Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Noda served as senior vice finance minister under former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet from last September. (Kyodo)

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G-20 agrees to cut deficits, tighten regulations

BUSAN, South Korea - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki (R) speaks at a press conference attended by Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa in Busan, South Korea, on June 5, 2010, after a gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies. Minezaki told reporters that Tokyo will set ''very strict'' fiscal restoration goals. (Kyodo)

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G-20 agrees to cut deficits, tighten regulations

BUSAN, South Korea - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki speaks at a press conference after attending a gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies in Busan, South Korea, on June 5, 2010. Minezaki told reporters that Tokyo will set ''very strict'' fiscal restoration goals. (Kyodo)

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G-20 agrees to cut deficits, tighten regulations

BUSAN, South Korea - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki (L) speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at a gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies in Busan, South Korea, on June 5, 2010. Minezaki told reporters that Tokyo will set ''very strict'' fiscal restoration goals. (Kyodo)

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara. (Kyodo)

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APEC finance ministers hold talks in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L front) and Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Fumihiko Igarashi (R) attend a meeting of finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 10, 2011. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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G-20 finance chiefs meet in Argentina

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (R) and Japan's Senior Vice Finance Minister Minoru Kihara attend a press conference after talks between finance chiefs from the Group of 20 economies in Buenos Aires on March 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo