<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUQ3WAlwq24/erica-yokoyama</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Erica Yokoyama - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUQ3WAlwq24/erica-yokoyama</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:44:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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Yokohama.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan to Set FY26 Provisional Rate at 17-Year High, Yomiuri Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/japan-to-set-fy26-provisional-rate-at-17-year-high-yomiuri-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/japan-to-set-fy26-provisional-rate-at-17-year-high-yomiuri-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:53:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan, Kenya Agree Credit Deal Smaller Than Nairobi First Touted]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/japan-kenya-agree-credit-deal-smaller-than-nairobi-first-touted</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/japan-kenya-agree-credit-deal-smaller-than-nairobi-first-touted</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:00:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1f2Tg2mHryk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1f2Tg2mHryk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Japan&apos;s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, second from left, speaks with Kenya&apos;s President William Ruto, right, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 20. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenya, Japan Agree on Terms for Yen Loan Instead of Samurai Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/kenya-japan-agree-on-terms-for-yen-loan-instead-of-samurai-deal</link><guid 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Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:56:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bessent Says BOJ Is Falling Behind the Curve, Expects Hike]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/bessent-says-boj-is-falling-behind-the-curve-expects-rate-hike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/bessent-says-boj-is-falling-behind-the-curve-expects-rate-hike</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:12:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Likely Eked Out Growth Last Quarter Even as Tariffs Hit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/japan-likely-eked-out-growth-last-quarter-even-as-tariffs-hit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/japan-likely-eked-out-growth-last-quarter-even-as-tariffs-hit</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGBYELn.1LJo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGBYELn.1LJo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians in Shimbashi district during high temperatures in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. 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Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Lowers This Year’s Growth Forecast as Tariffs Kick in]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/japan-lowers-this-year-s-growth-forecast-as-tariffs-kick-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/japan-lowers-this-year-s-growth-forecast-as-tariffs-kick-in</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:31:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4_36_16WYeo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4_36_16WYeo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians in Shimbashi district during high temperatures in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. The average temperature in Japan last month was the hottest on record, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Public Workers Set to Get Largest Pay Hike in 34 Years]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/japan-s-public-workers-set-to-get-largest-pay-hike-in-34-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/japan-s-public-workers-set-to-get-largest-pay-hike-in-34-years</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 02:51:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Nominal Pay Rises Faster in June, Backing Case for BOJ Rate Hike]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/japan-s-nominal-pay-rises-faster-in-june-backing-case-for-boj-rate-hike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/japan-s-nominal-pay-rises-faster-in-june-backing-case-for-boj-rate-hike</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:32:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Panel Urges Record Minimum Pay Hike in Bright Sign for BOJ]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/japan-panel-urges-record-minimum-pay-hike-in-bright-sign-for-boj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/japan-panel-urges-record-minimum-pay-hike-in-bright-sign-for-boj</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:38:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Kato Voices Concern With Yen at Weakest Since March]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/japan-s-kato-voices-concern-with-yen-at-weakest-since-march</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/japan-s-kato-voices-concern-with-yen-at-weakest-since-march</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 03:05:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idyBg.tqWpyk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idyBg.tqWpyk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Katsunobu Kato</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US-Japan Trade Deal Hinges on Fund That Remains a Puzzle]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/us-japan-trade-deal-hinges-on-fund-that-remains-a-puzzle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/us-japan-trade-deal-hinges-on-fund-that-remains-a-puzzle</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 23:19:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNSUFYNqdy84/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNSUFYNqdy84/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A shipping terminal in Yokohama. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here’s Who Could Replace Japan’s Ishiba If He Resigns]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/here-s-who-could-replace-japan-s-ishiba-if-he-resigns-next-month</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/here-s-who-could-replace-japan-s-ishiba-if-he-resigns-next-month</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:47:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAl2ZVkOGgNk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAl2ZVkOGgNk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shigeru Ishiba</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defiant Ishiba Seeks to Prolong Premiership After US-Japan Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/japan-s-trade-negotiator-heads-into-meeting-with-trump-nhk-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/japan-s-trade-negotiator-heads-into-meeting-with-trump-nhk-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yoshiaki Nohara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:23:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQOzL_J1hkxE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQOzL_J1hkxE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on July 21. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Kato Aware Market Views Over Debt Driving Bonds]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/japan-s-kato-aware-market-views-over-debt-driving-bonds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/japan-s-kato-aware-market-views-over-debt-driving-bonds</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:28:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikcysw.d.J.Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikcysw.d.J.Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Japan&apos;s finance minister Katsunobu Kato </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Kato Says Tariffs Not Right Tool to Fix Trade Imbalances]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/japan-s-kato-says-domestic-reform-the-best-way-to-fix-imbalances</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/japan-s-kato-says-domestic-reform-the-best-way-to-fix-imbalances</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:42:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isNJGUxPFWSo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isNJGUxPFWSo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Katsunobu Kato, Japan&apos;s finance minister, during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, June 13, 2025. Kato said discussions with market participants are a key factor for ensuring government bonds are bought and sold stably ahead of a closely watched ministry meeting with investors.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>