Read Japan Finance Minister Katayama’s Full Remarks at Bloomberg New Voices

Japan Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama 

The following is a transcript of Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama’s remarks at the Bloomberg New Voices 2026 event in Tokyo on April 23 in conversation with anchor Shery Ahn.

We’re very grateful for your time, especially right now, when you had to fit us in into your very busy schedule. How much of it is all to do with mitigating the fallout from the Iran war at this point?