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U.S.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent brushed off fears of Europeans weaponizing bond sales at Davos, but his response hinted at unease over America’s reliance on foreign capital.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2026
After Davos, bond markets are wielding a new big stick
Many now agree with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s assertion at Davos that the postwar international rules-based order has suffered a “rupture,” not a transition.
The yen climbed in early Monday trading, as investors are on heightened alert regarding intervention by the Japanese government, possibly with U.S. assistance.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 26, 2026
Yen extends gains as dollar pressure mounts
Attention is turning to Japan once again after a sharp rise in the country’s bond yields unsettled global fixed-income markets last week.
A man uses a phone in front of an electronic board displaying Japan's 10-year government bonds level outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 24, 2026
Sudden chaos in Japan’s bond market puts stock bulls on notice
A bond slump that sent yields soaring to records on her election pitch to cut taxes on food has rippled through markets in Tokyo.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in December. The central bank has opted to leave rates unchanged ahead of next month's election.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 23, 2026
Bank of Japan leaves rates unchanged ahead of February election
Rates were raised at the last policy board meeting to 0.75% from 0.5%.
A screen displays Japan’s 10-year government bonds outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 21, 2026
Vanguard ditched bet on Japanese government bonds ahead of massive sell-off
The asset manager was previously one of the biggest bulls on Japanese government debt.
Japan’s 40-year bond yield has reached 4%, the highest since its 2007 debut and the first time any Japanese government bond has hit this level in over 30 years.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2026
Japan’s 40-year yield hits 4% as Takaichi’s tax plan sinks bonds
Investors have been dumping Japanese bonds amid speculation Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party will win more seats in a Feb. 8 vote, giving her a freer hand to boost stimulus.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington. U.S. assets held within the European Union amount to over $10 trillion, according to U.S. Treasury data, with more in the United Kingdom and Norway.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2026
‘Weaponizing’ $10 trillion of U.S. assets is a tough ask for Europe
Such a move would likely hurt European investors too.
A narrowing of the yield premium of U.K. debt over Japanese government bonds has led to the appeal of gilts fading.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 13, 2026
Japanese funds sell most U.K. bonds since 2011 amid fiscal concern
Higher bond yields in Japan also sapped demand for gilts.
SoftBank Group issued about ¥500 billion in retail bonds at a coupon of 3.98% in November.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 7, 2026
Japan’s corporate debt sales set for another banner year in 2026
Rising yields and lower volatility compared with government bonds saw investors snap up $105 billion of local-currency corporate debt in 2025, the most in records back to 1999.
A screen displays Japan's 10-year government bonds (left) and the rate of the yen against the dollar outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 6, 2026
Japan’s 10-year bond sale draws investor demand on high yields
Japanese government bond yields have recently risen to around multi-decade highs as investors consider the Bank of Japan’s rate-hike path.
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, has said that stablecoin issuers can become major buyers of government bonds.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 5, 2026
Stablecoins likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market
Issuers might not buy up enough long-term debt to make a big difference.
The Finance Ministry in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 24, 2025
Japan budgeting for bond payments at 3% as debt servicing soars
The Finance Ministry will set a key rate used to calculate the country’s likely interest payments on bonds next fiscal year at 3.0%, the highest in nearly three decades
Bonds and the yen have been week since the Bank of Japan increased rates on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 22, 2025
Japan’s 10-year government bond yield hits 2.1% as rout continues
The yen is also weak after the BOJ’s rate increase and as the approval of a record-busting budget looms.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda, speaking on Friday after the policy board announcement, said that growth and price data appear to be on track to meet central bank forecasts.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 19, 2025
BOJ takes rates to a 30-year high; 10-year Japanese government bond breaks 2% 
Weak yen might have convinced the central bank that now is the time to make a move.
Sales of Japanese government bonds for individual investors have topped ¥5 trillion this year, the highest level since 2007, as rising interest rates draw household funds out of bank deposits following the Bank of Japan's policy tightening.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 18, 2025
Retail JGB sales hit highest since 2007 as rates climb
Issuance from January to December totaled about ¥5.28 trillion, Ministry of Finance data has shown.
Supermarket chain Aeon debuted its first yen-denominated bonds targeting individuals this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 11, 2025
Japanese firms sell record retail debt as inflation fuels demand
The sales are the latest sign that sticky inflation is causing households to shift more of their $14.3 trillion of financial assets into riskier investments.
The Bank of Japan still owns more than 50% of outstanding Japanese government bonds even as foreign investors storm into the market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 9, 2025
Foreign traders seize on Japan bonds, sparking era of volatility
Overseas investors now account for roughly 65% of monthly cash JGB transactions, up from 12% in 2009.
The skyline of the City of London. Japanese investors bought the largest amount of U.K. sovereign bonds in over four years in October.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2025
Japanese purchases of U.K. gilts at highest since 2021 in October
They purchased a net ¥418.6 billion of U.K. debt in October, the most since January 2021, Japan’s latest balance-of-payments data has shown.
Yields on Japanese government bonds have been rising to decade-plus highs on fiscal concerns and as the central bank gets closer to increasing rates.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 2, 2025
Bank of Japan rattles markets globally with hint of a rate increase
Even the possibility of a December move hits bonds, stocks and crypto.
Japan’s two-year note yield, which is sensitive to monetary policy expectations, rose to its highest level since 2008.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2025
Japan’s two-year yield hits highest since 2008 on rate-hike bets
The swap market is now pricing in about a 76% chance of a rate hike when the central bank delivers its next policy decision on Dec. 19.
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Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
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