Katayama 指出，中国在去年四月（UTC+8；原文：April）以报复美国「reciprocal」关税为由施加出口限制，迫使部分汽车制造商暂时停产。她提到在星期二（UTC+8；原文：Tuesday），中国采取行动限制对日本出口 dual-use 产品，观察人士怀疑稀土也可能被纳入；Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara 在星期三（UTC+8；原文：Wednesday）拒绝评论。就 Taiwan 突发情况而言，她表示意图仍不清楚，同时强调 Taiwan 强大的经济角色，尤其是在半导体方面。
就 Washington 最近逮捕委内瑞拉总统 Nicolas Maduro 一事，Katayama 表示对日本的影响应该有限：原油价格尚未上涨，而日本几乎不从委内瑞拉购买原油。作为日本首位女性财务大臣，她支持首相 Sanae Takaichi 的「responsible and proactive」财政路线，包括在必要时准备进行外汇干预。她表示内阁支持率很高，但 Liberal Democratic Party 的支持度并未按比例上升，并主张在提前选举之前先让政策落地；她也认为选举规则应对女性较不不利。
Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama told Nikkei that Japan should work with the U.S. and Europe to build a rare-earth supply chain and remove China’s ability to monopolize and weaponize these minerals. She described a goal of a rare-earth “market” among democracies and market economies. She planned to visit the U.S. on Sunday (UTC+8; original: Sunday) for a U.S. Treasury-hosted meeting of G7 finance ministers and others, where avoiding China-dependent networks would be discussed. She warned that heavy reliance makes business conditions less predictable and raises crisis risk.
Katayama cited China’s export restrictions imposed last April (UTC+8; original: April) as retaliation for U.S. “reciprocal” tariffs, which forced some automakers to temporarily halt production. She noted that on Tuesday (UTC+8; original: Tuesday) China moved to curb exports of dual-use products to Japan, and observers suspect rare earths could be included; Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara declined to comment on Wednesday (UTC+8; original: Wednesday). On a Taiwan contingency, she said intentions are unclear, while stressing Taiwan’s strong economic role, especially in semiconductors.
On Washington’s recent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Katayama said effects on Japan should be limited: crude prices have not risen, and Japan buys almost no crude from Venezuela. As Japan’s first female finance minister, she supports Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “responsible and proactive” fiscal line, including readiness for foreign-exchange intervention. She said cabinet approval is high but Liberal Democratic Party support has not risen proportionally, and urged embodying policy before an early election; she also argued election rules should be less disadvantageous to women.