Japan faces day of policy reckoning as Bessent calls time on big stimulus
📍 Where it landed
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with BOJ Governor Ueda on the sidelines of the G20 finance meeting and urged the central bank to take decisive monetary steps to strengthen the yen, emphasizing continued U.S.–Japan coordination on the currency. Commentary warned that Japan risked ceding policy control to the United States, while forecasts projected a stronger yen in the coming months.
The reporting concluded without confirming any concrete policy shift or stimulus outcome.
Epilogue added 50d ago, after coverage quieted.
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