# Insight: How Bessent, America’s ‘bond salesman,’ pressured Japan on spending

https://mins.news/en/item/63405

- Reuters, 2026-09-17 23:15 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/how-bessent-americas-bond-salesman-cornered-japan-big-spending-2026-09-17/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aac7479fbc2160001c2bbe9

> When Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama called U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in June for help supporting the plunging yen, he delivered a familiar message: Tokyo would need to put its fiscal house in order if it wanted assistance.

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