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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda has decided not to attend the U.S. Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole policy symposium, Kyodo News and the Nikkei reported on the 26th.
The BOJ said Ueda will not attend the event, to be held in the western U.S. state of Wyoming from the 27th to the 29th, and that policy board member Naoki Tamura will go in his place.
The central bank did not give a clear reason for the absence. It said only that health was not a factor and that the decision reflected an overall consideration of his schedule.
Ueda plans to attend the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, from the 31st through the 1st of next month.
The Jackson Hole symposium is an annual economic policy conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, one of the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks, where central bankers from major economies gather to discuss the state of the global economy. This year's gathering is drawing particular attention because Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is scheduled to deliver the keynote address, his first at the symposium since taking office.
Ueda's decision to skip the event comes as Washington presses Tokyo to raise interest rates, drawing scrutiny over his reasons. He attended the symposium in 2023 and 2025.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has pushed Ueda to raise rates, saying additional monetary policy steps are needed following the joint U.S.-Japan intervention in currency markets.
