News Summary

• Japan's government has begun recalibrating its messaging to reassure markets.
• US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent views Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's economic policies as suited to current economic conditions.
• "So we concluded around late August that we need to communicate that message more clearly to financial markets," Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said in an interview with broadcaster TV Tokyo on Saturday.
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