Business / Corporate Jun 9, 2020
Tepco plans ¥2 trillion green power push by 2030
by Aya Takada
The spending plans are among the most ambitious from Japanese utilities, which lag global peers in shifting away from fossil fuels.
Business May 18, 2020
Unpriceable risk of climate change stalks $31 trillion sovereign debt market
How much growth are societies willing to sacrifice to counter climate change and how will that affect the sovereign debt market?
Business May 14, 2020
Japan working on way to inject capital into pandemic-hit firms
They aim to expand special loans from the state-backed Development Bank of Japan to help such companies via subordinated loans.
Business / Financial Markets May 13, 2020
$460 billion Japan fund hunts for bargains in emerging bonds
Bonds from countries such as Mexico, with its multifaceted economy and competitive industries, offer higher rates of return as yields from more developed economies fall.
Business / Economy Apr 27, 2020
Bank of Japan adopts unlimited JGB purchases to buoy economy in pandemic
The move puts the BOJ in line with other major central banks that have unleashed unprecedented amounts of monetary support.
Business / Economy Apr 23, 2020
Bank of Japan may launch new round of stimulus to aid virus-hit firms
The measures it could take include expanding outright purchases of corporate bonds and commercial paper to help improve business financing.
Business / Financial Markets Apr 20, 2020
The money taboo that central banks have shied away from so far
by Ben Holland
The coronavirus economy is shredding records for government borrowing and for central-bank lending. Soon it may also smash the taboo that’s supposed to keep those two things apart. Governments paying for budget spending with loans from their own central banks is known as monetary financing. ...
Business / Financial Markets Mar 19, 2020
The Bank of Japan carried out an emergency market operation on Thursday, purchasing ¥1.3 trillion ($12 billion) of government bonds in a bid to curb rising long-term yields. The central bank said the operation was aimed at stabilizing the debt market given its recent volatility. The ...
Business | ANALYSIS Mar 16, 2020
The plumbing behind world's financial markets is creaking — loudly
by Tommy Wilkes
The coronavirus panic is jolting stock markets, with steep drops in major indexes grabbing the public's attention. But behind the scenes, there is less understood and potentially more worrying evidence that stress is building to dangerous levels in crucial arteries of the financial system. Bankers, ...
Business / Financial Markets Mar 12, 2020
Japanese investors bought record $41 billion of overseas bonds in week
Japanese investors went on a record shopping spree in global debt markets last week as the yen strengthened and their hunt for yield intensified. Net buying soared to ¥4.24 trillion ($41 billion), surpassing the previous high of ¥2.55 trillion set in July 2016, according to ...
Business / Corporate Feb 19, 2020
Shift to cleaner power sparks landmark green bond sale in Japan
by Ayai Tomisawa and Rie Morita
In the gusty northeast, a power company is looking to fund offshore wind projects with a landmark sale of green bonds that seeks to muscle in on the growing pool of money available for environmentally friendly investments. Tohoku Electric Power Co. plans to price what ...