US Treasury Secretary Bessent meets Japan’s Takaichi Tuesday to discuss yen stability and economic security
The post US Treasury Secretary Bessent meets Japan’s Takaichi Tuesday to discuss yen stability and economic security appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday at 4 PM to talk about currency markets, economic security, and the broader trajectory of the US-Japan relationship. Japan has been actively intervening to prop up the yen against the US dollar in recent weeks, pushing the exchange rate from above 160 down to around 152 since April. What’s on the table in Tokyo The meeting’s agenda covers yen stability, economic security, rare earth supply chains, and energy procurement. Bessent has publicly affirmed the importance of cooperation on currency stability following Japan’s recent interventions to counter speculative selling of the yen. Japan has positioned itself as a leader in energy finance, and both countries have signaled interest in investment screening frameworks similar to CFIUS, th