Japan shifts messaging to counter view its policies are reflationary, Katayama says in TV interview

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama discussed Japan's policy messaging in a TV interview with broadcaster TV Tokyo on Saturday. She addressed the concern that the government's policies might be perceived as reflationary, despite Finance Secretary Scott Bessent's view that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's economic strategies align with current market conditions.

Katayama revealed that the administration decided to enhance its communication of the policy message to financial markets around late August, in response to market perceptions that the government's actions were reflationary.