TOKYO: ‌Japanese Finance Minister KATAYAMA Satsuki said on Friday ​that the government will continue to closely communicate with the United States to ensure orderly foreign exchange markets.

"Our policy ‌stance has ‌not ​changed ‌at ⁠all ​since Japan and the ⁠United States conducted the coordinated intervention and issued a joint statement," Katayama told a regular ⁠press conference.

"We will continue ‌to ‌maintain close ​communication with ‌the U.S. Treasury and ‌work to ensure orderly foreign exchange markets," she added.

Asked about U.S. Treasury ‌Secretary Scott Bessent's recent warning to those ⁠betting ⁠against the yen, Katayama said his comments are "a pretty direct expression of his market views, which is very much what you'd expect from someone with ​a ​hedge fund background."

Reuters