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Makiko Yamazaki

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Makiko Yamazaki

    Japan says Trump voiced concern over weak yen in summit with PM Takaichi (opens the original)

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    TOKYO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump raised concern about yen weakness at a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday, offering an unusually detailed account of the leaders' talks on currencies. "At the recent Japan-US summit meeting, President Trump expressed concern about the yen's weakness," Katayama said at a regular news conference, adding that she was disclosing the exchange for the first time after consulti

  2. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Makiko Yamazaki and Takaya Yamaguchi

    Japan budget requests swell to pandemic-era scale under Takaichi (opens the original)

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    TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Japan's budget requests for the next fiscal year have ballooned to a size similar to during the pandemic era, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's expansionary fiscal agenda pushes government borrowing costs to three-decade highs. Budget requests from government agencies totalled 143.1 trillion yen ($917.78 billion), the Ministry of Finance said on Friday, after the government adopted a budgeting framework that integrates initial and supplementary budget spending. The inc

  3. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · By Makiko Yamazaki

    Japan's exports surge on chips demand, imports hit record on oil costs (opens the original)

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    TOKYO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Japan's imports hit a monthly record in July as elevated oil prices drove up energy costs and inflationary pressures, while exports also climbed to an all-time ‌high on a weaker yen and robust semiconductor-related demand. Total imports by value grew 27.8% from a year ‌earlier to 12.1 trillion yen ($76.39 billion), data showed on Thursday, hitting a fresh record for the second straight month and exceeding market forecasts ​for a 26.5% increase. Japan's crude oil import

  4. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara

    Japan Q2 growth misses forecasts on weaker spending, investment (opens the original)

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    TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Japan's economy slowed in the second quarter and missed market forecasts on softer household and business spending, highlighting the fragile nature of its recovery as the Middle East war clouds the outlook. However, long-term bond yields hit a three-decade high as investors brushed ‌aside the soft reading as reflecting one-off factors, and focused more on mounting inflationary risks that could prod the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates next ‌month. Gross domestic pr

  5. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · By Makiko Yamazaki

    Japan posts first current account deficit in nearly 1-1/2 years (opens the original)

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    TOKYO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Japan recorded a current account deficit in June ‌for the first time in 17 ‌months, data from the finance ministry showed on Monday, as ​robust investment in domestic markets from overseas investors boosted the size of dividend payouts. The deficit in the current account stood at 92.3 billion yen ($584.51 ‌million) in June, ⁠versus economists' median forecast for a surplus of 1.51 trillion yen in ⁠a Reuters poll and against a surplus of 1.28 trillion yen a year earlier.

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