# Japan adjusts messaging to counter view Takaichi is pursuing reflation, finance minister says

https://mins.news/en/item/84304

- Reuters, 2026-10-03 02:50 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-shifts-messaging-counter-view-its-policies-are-reflationary-katayama-says-2026-10-03/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac06d64aa92170001cc061b

> Japan’s government has started recalibrating its messaging to reassure markets that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is not pursuing reflationary policies, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said in a Saturday interview with TV Tokyo.

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