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Satsuki Katayama

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Satsuki Katayama
片山 さつき
Katayama in 2018
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
21 October 2025
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi
Preceded byKatsunobu Katō
Minister for Regional Revitalization and Gender Equality
In office
2 October 2018  11 September 2019
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byHiroshi Kajiyama
Succeeded bySeigo Kitamura (as Minister for Regional Revitalization)
Seiko Hashimoto (as Minister for Gender Equality)
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 2010
ConstituencyNational PR
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
13 September 2005  21 July 2009
Preceded byMinoru Kiuchi
Succeeded byMinoru Kiuchi
ConstituencyShizuoka 7th
Personal details
Born
Satsuki Tomonaga

(1959-05-09) 9 May 1959 (age 66)
Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Spouse(s)
(m. 1986; div. 1989)

(m. 1990)
ParentsYasuo Tomonaga (father)
RelativesTsunao Ginrin (great-grandfather)
Yutaka Katayama (father-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
École nationale d'administration

Satsuki Katayama (born Tomonaga; 9 May 1959) is a Japanese politician who has been the Minister of Finance since 2025 during the Sanae Takaichi government.[1] She is the first female Finance Minister of the country.[1] She has also been a member of the House of Councillors since 2010. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). She represented the Shizuoka 7th district in the House of Representatives for one term from 2005 until 2009.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Japan Set to Have First Female Finance Minister, Reports Say". Bloomberg. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  2. "Goliath". September 12, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2011.