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Japan's 20-year government bond yield breached its January peak to reach the highest level since 1997, as higher energy prices add to inflation pressure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/13/markets/bond-yield-rise-1997-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #bonds #jgb #japaneseeconomy

The Japanese bond rout continues, taking 10-year yields to a 27-year high on inflation worries, fiscal concerns and war in the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/07/economy/bonds-27-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #bonds #jgb #boj #inflation #oil

Yen weakness past 160 per dollar intensifies selling pressure on ultra-long Japanese government bonds, with markets watching for potential coordinated FX intervention between Japan and the US as 30-year JGB yields surge 18.18bp amid fiscal concerns and energy inflation risks.
#YonhapInfomax #JapaneseYen #JGB #FXIntervention #MUFG #30YearYield #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=112568

Yen weakness past 160 per dollar intensifies selling pressure on ultra-long Japanese government bonds, with markets watching for potential coordinated FX intervention between Japan and the US as 30-year JGB yields surge 18.18bp amid fiscal concerns and energy inflation risks.
#YonhapInfomax #JapaneseYen #JGB #FXIntervention #MUFG #30YearYield #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=112568

Yen weakness past 160 per dollar intensifies selling pressure on ultra-long Japanese government bonds, with markets watching for potential coordinated FX intervention between Japan and the US as 30-year JGB yields surge 18.18bp amid fiscal concerns and energy inflation risks.
#YonhapInfomax #JapaneseYen #JGB #FXIntervention #MUFG #30YearYield #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=112568

Japan’s 20-year government bond auction on Tuesday drew solid demand as higher yields attracted buyers, easing concerns that rising oil prices and inflation risks would damp appetite. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/17/markets/20-year-bond-sale-strong-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jgb #bonds

Japan Post Insurance plans to sell holdings of lower-yielding government bonds and replace them with higher-yielding debt on expectations for further interest-rate hikes, according to its CEO. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/04/companies/japan-post-insurance-government-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #japanpostinsurance #jgb #bonds #boj #insurance

Amundi is warming to Japanese government bonds for the first time in three decades as Europe’s biggest asset manager joins a growing group of foreign investors taking a long-term bullish view on the nation’s debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/24/companies/amundi-jgb/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #amundi #jgb #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #france #investments #bonds

An accounting group is seeking to ease rules on how life insurers in Japan book paper losses on government bonds, treating such bonds held to match long-term policies as held to maturity under certain conditions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/18/companies/life-insurers-bond-paper-losses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jgb #insurance #bonds

For the first time ever, Jupiter Asset Management’s Mark Nash is placing a long-term, strategic bet that Japanese government bonds will rise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/16/markets/jupiter-asset-management-jgb-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jgb #bonds #jupiterassetmanagement #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a crucial markets test in the final run-up to a snap election this weekend where she is hoping a decisive victory will give her a mandate for expansionary fiscal policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/02/takaichi-bond-investors-voters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #sanaetakaichi #bonds #jgb

The Bank of Japan has left rates unchanged ahead of a February election after raising them last month to 0.75% from 0.5%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/23/markets/boj-meeting-jan-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #us #boj #economicindicators #jgb #bonds

The yield on Japan’s 40-year government bond hit 4% on Tuesday, the highest since its debut in 2007 and a first for any maturity of the nation’s sovereign debt in more than three decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/bond-yield-hit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #bonds #jgb #taxes #food

Japan’s 10-year government bond auction went off smoothly, attracting demand from investors drawn to high yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/06/economy/10-year-bond-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jgb #japaneseeconomy #bonds #boj #inflation

Stablecoins are likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market as issues will focus on buying short-term debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/markets/stablecoins-bond-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #jgb

Stablecoins are likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market as issues will focus on buying short-term debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/markets/stablecoins-bond-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #jgb

Stablecoins are likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market as issues will focus on buying short-term debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/markets/stablecoins-bond-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #jgb

Stablecoins are likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market as issues will focus on buying short-term debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/markets/stablecoins-bond-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #jgb

Japan’s bond rout continues after the BOJ’s rate increase and as a record-busting budget approval looms, and the yen has been weak despite the higher yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/markets/japanese-bond-rout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #us #boj #economicindicators #jgb #bonds

Global bond markets face heightened volatility as Japan’s 10-year yield hits a 26-year high, with U.S. Treasury auctions and thin holiday trading amplifying supply pressures and market swings.
#YonhapInfomax #JGB #USTreasury #BondYield #BOJ #AuctionVolume #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96506

Global bond markets face heightened volatility as Japan’s 10-year yield hits a 26-year high, with U.S. Treasury auctions and thin holiday trading amplifying supply pressures and market swings.
#YonhapInfomax #JGB #USTreasury #BondYield #BOJ #AuctionVolume #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96506

Global bond markets face heightened volatility as Japan’s 10-year yield hits a 26-year high, with U.S. Treasury auctions and thin holiday trading amplifying supply pressures and market swings.
#YonhapInfomax #JGB #USTreasury #BondYield #BOJ #AuctionVolume #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96506

Global bond markets face heightened volatility as Japan’s 10-year yield hits a 26-year high, with U.S. Treasury auctions and thin holiday trading amplifying supply pressures and market swings.
#YonhapInfomax #JGB #USTreasury #BondYield #BOJ #AuctionVolume #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96506

Sales of Japan’s government bonds for individual investors have surged past ¥5 trillion this year, the most since 2007. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/economy/jgb-sales-highest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jgb #japaneseeconomy #bonds #boj #inflation

Foreign investors are storming into Japan’s once-placid government bond market, exposing the world’s second-largest pool of sovereign debt to bouts of volatility sparked by traders thousands of miles away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/markets/foreign-traders-jgb-buy-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jgb #bonds #investments #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi

The Bank of Japan has rattled markets globally with its hint of a rate rise, with Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s hawkish comments Monday hitting bonds, stocks and crypto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/markets/bond-rout-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgb #kazuoueda #bonds

Sanae Takaichi’s spending plans have sent Japan’s bonds and currency tumbling, raising the specter of an unruly capital flight reminiscent of the turmoil that nearly broke the U.K. bond market in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/21/economy/deutsche-bank-warning-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #jgb #uk #boj

Rising yields in Japan are prompting some of its biggest life insurers to boost domestic bond holdings and pare overseas debt, with foreign returns no longer stacking up as they once did. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/insurers-foreign-debt-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lifeinsurance #insurance #sumitomolife #daiichilife #meijiyasuda #jgb

The deputy director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department urged Japan to formulate a concrete plan for fiscal consolidation, adding a consumption tax cut should be avoided. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/24/economy/imf-japan-fiscal-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #imf #jgb #japaneseeconomy #depopulation

Goldman sees Japan bond 'shocks' spilling over to Treasurys https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/markets/japan-government-bonds-rise-following-takaichi-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #bonds #jgb #ldp #sanaetakaichi

Sumitomo Life Insurance is taking an unusual step to avoid writing down losses on its debt assets, promising to never sell them while they are in the red. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/03/sumitomo-life-jgb-losses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #insurance #lifeinsurance #sumitomolifeinsurance #bonds #jgb

Sumitomo Life Insurance is taking an unusual step to avoid writing down losses on its debt assets, promising to never sell them while they are in the red. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/03/companies/sumitomo-life-jgb-losses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomolife #jgb #lifeinsurance

Global currency and interest-rate markets are heading into a massive change as rising Japanese yields are luring domestic investors to park their money at home, according to RBC Capital Markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/economy/japanese-yields-change-global/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #jgb #japaneseeconomy #investments

The U.S. dollar clawed back some lost ground in Asian trading hours on Tuesday following five days of selling, ahead of the return of U.S. traders from the Labor Day holiday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/markets/gold-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #dollar #us #gold #jgb #bonds

Japan's Finance Ministry is planning to set the provisional rate for interest payments on government bonds at 2.6% for the fiscal year 2026, the highest level in 17 years, according to a local media report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/22/economy/jgb-interest-rate-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgb

Rakuten Bank will likely hold back from actively buying Japanese government bonds until the central bank raises interest rates again, in the latest sign that an uncertain policy outlook is weighing on investor sentiment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/companies/rakuten-bank-jgb-buying-halt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rakutenbank #banks #jgb #investments #boj

Japan’s $1.75 trillion state pension fund may step up purchases of domestic stocks and scale back on foreign bonds in a reallocation of assets that would ripple through global markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/04/markets/gpif-japan-stocks/ #business #markets #gpif #bonds #stocks #jgb #pensionfunds