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The finance minister said that a recent rise in yields on Japanese government bonds is part of a broader global trend.

The finance minister has stopped short of saying that the two countries are engaged in coordinated intervention in the currency market or that they are planning a joint response.

In a new book, a mom raised in Tokyo but living abroad reflects on how Japan's conception of motherhood helps her raise her young daughters.

Author Lisa Katayama explains why adopting Japanese parenting principles can nurture more well-behaved, creative children.

'As finance minister, at this stage I'm not in a position to comment,' Katayama told reporters in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama declined to comment if authorities intervened to support the yen last week, after reports said they had entered the market for the first time since 2024.