Investment

In December 2025, Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama signaled a clear willingness to intervene in currency markets as the yen kept sliding past 157 per dollar despite the Bank of Japan's rate hike. The authorities went on to buy roughly ¥11 trillion worth of yen between late April and late May 2026. Inside the US-Japan joint statement that underpinned the move, and why the yen stayed weak anyway.

In December 2025 Tanaka Kikinzoku set gold at a record 24,414 yen per gram. Analysis of gold, platinum and silver price trends, the drivers behind them, and the 2026 outlook, with a July 2026 update.