Ex-vice finance minister discusses G-20, other topics

Ex-vice finance minister discusses G-20, other topics

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, president of the Japan Center for International Finance and former vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, before a meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies and an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington.

Kato welcomes Japan's pursuit of growth based on domestic demand

Kato welcomes Japan's pursuit of growth based on domestic demand

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Takatoshi Kato, one of the deputy managing directors of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Istanbul on Oct. 7, 2009.

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

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.

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

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.

JCIF President Kato gives interview in Tokyo

JCIF President Kato gives interview in Tokyo

Takatoshi Kato, former vice finance minister for international affairs and current president of the Japan Center for International Finance, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2015, on issues expected to be addressed at a gathering of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies in Lima in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kato welcomes Japan's pursuit of growth based on domestic demand

Kato welcomes Japan's pursuit of growth based on domestic demand

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Takatoshi Kato, one of the deputy managing directors of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Istanbul on Oct. 7, 2009. (Kyodo)