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Treasury Secretary Bessent will visit Japan next week for talks covering the weak yen, rare earths and energy procurement, with individual meetings scheduled with the PM, finance minister and Bank of Japan governor, the Nikkei reports
Summary: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to travel to Japan next week to discuss the weak yen with Japanese officials, according to the Nikkei The agenda will extend beyond currency issues to cover economic security topics including rare earths and energy procurement, per the Nikkei report Bessent is scheduled to hold individual meetings on Tuesday with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, according to the same report U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will travel to Japan next week for a series of high-level meetings that will place the weakness of the yen squarely on the bilateral agenda, according to reporting by the Nikkei.
Bessent is scheduled to hold individual discussions on Tuesday with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda. The breadth of the meeting list reflects the range of issues on the table, spanning monetary policy and currency dynamics at the central bank level through to trade and strategic economic policy at the governmental level. While the yen’s trajectory will be a central focus, the agenda is reported to extend well beyond currency matters.