Internet reports that U.S. President Trump said on Monday local time that he told Japanese leaders that they could not continue to devalue their own currency because it would be unfair to the United States. Trump said: We cannot do this because it is unfair to us. When Japan and other places are weakening their currencies, it is difficult for us to make tractors here. When asked about Trump's remarks, Japanese Finance Minister Katsumu Kato said Tokyo had not adopted policies directly aimed at weakening the yen. Kato said at a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday that Japan had confirmed its "basic position on exchange rate policy" with the G7 and the United States, including in a bilateral meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Basent. (Jin Shi)