after Japan's Finance Minister, Katsunobu Kato, said that increased long-term rates may put pressure on Japan's fiscal condition. At a press conference, Kato stated, 'As we have a high debt-to-GDP ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday that authorities would take appropriate action against excessive ...

Finance minister Naoto Kan said an appropriate level would be 95 Yen to the US dollar Japan's newly appointed finance minister Naoto Kan has called for a weaker yen in order to aid the recovery of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Friday he will not attend a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of 20 major and emerging economies in South Africa next week so ...

TOKYO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday that he would skip next week's meeting of finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies in Cape Town ...