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BONDS

BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 30, 2016
Japan fund managers add stocks in September, trim bonds
Japanese fund managers slightly increased exposure to equities in their model portfolios in September and trimmed their bond holdings after the Federal Reserve refrained from hiking interest rates, underpinning demand for riskier assets, a Reuters survey showed.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2016
BOJ's bid to control yields likely to spur demand for company debt
The Bank of Japan's decision to explicitly control sovereign bond yields will probably cap interest rates, bolstering demand for corporate debt offering extra premiums, according to analysts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 31, 2016
'Helicopter money' talk takes flight as Bank of Japan runs out of runway
The BOJ's review of its monetary stimulus program revived expectations it could adopt some form of 'helicopter money,' printing money for government spending to spur inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2016
BOJ may reach limit to bond purchases in a year, former deputy governor says
Former Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Kazumasa Iwata says the central bank will run up against the limits of bond purchases by the middle of next year, making the negative interest rate the BOJ's key tool for monetary policy.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 10, 2016
Japanese investors binge on debt abroad amid negative yields at home
Japanese investors are scooping up bonds overseas to flee negative yields at home, driving a global debt-market rally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 15, 2016
Limits of central bank policy
The Bank of Japan's decision to adopt a minus interest rates could be immediately rendered meaningless by highly unpredictable political and economic trends abroad.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 3, 2016
Japan pulls 10-year bond sale to individuals as yield drops
The Bank of Japan's decision to set negative interest rates has doomed the government's program to sell bonds to retail investors.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 28, 2016
Mitsubishi Estate raises ¥250 billion in biggest bond sale of year
Mitsubishi Estate Co. raised ¥250 billion in the biggest Japanese corporate bond sale so far this year and the latest jumbo offer luring yield-hungry yen fixed-income investors with riskier notes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 24, 2015
Japan's draft budget a firm move against fiscal headwinds
The record ¥96.7 trillion draft budget for fiscal 2016 is by many measures a feat, a key push in the government's efforts to cut spending.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Dec 19, 2015
Dropping a bombshell
I read in The Japan Times that China will sell U.S.-denominated bonds.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 29, 2015
China's shadow banking risk shifts to booming bond market
A year after China's financial regulators squared up to the systemic perils of "shadow banking," the threat is shifting to a booming corporate bond market, and risky borrowers' debt is finding its way into products aimed at retail investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2015
Sharp bond risk jumps as losses over 4½ years top $10 billion
Sharp Corp.'s default risk jumped to a two-year high as losses in the past 4½ years topped ¥1.2 trillion ($10 billion).
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2015
S&P cuts Japan rating, casting doubt on 'Abenomics'
Standard & Poor's has cut the nation's long-term credit rating one level to A+, saying it sees little chance of the government's current strategy accelerating growth and inflation over the next few years.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2015
Bank of Japan shields bonds from equity storm with steady buying
Amid a storm of volatility in Japanese stocks, the Bank of Japan has kept the bond market a pool of serenity.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 2, 2015
China has lots of U.S. Treasuries, little leverage
The U.S. has little reason to worry about China selling off its Treasuries, and Shinzo Abe's desire to keep Washington happy is one of them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 2, 2015
New 'whale' to make splash in Tokyo markets as Japan Post sells bonds
As the world's biggest pension fund nears the end of its switch from sovereign bonds into stocks, investors are looking at Japan Post Bank Co. as the next actor big enough to move markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 2, 2015
China fear factor still slamming stocks, oil, roiling markets
World stock indexes and oil prices slumped on Tuesday as weak Chinese data fueled worries about a slowdown in its economy, the world's second-biggest, and sparked more market turmoil.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 24, 2015
To Nomura, Fannie and Freddie are bright spot in struggle abroad
Nomura Holdings Inc. is doggedly expanding in a U.S. bond market that pays fees as low as 0.003 percent, even as it slashes its number of employees in London and one of its biggest shareholders says to get out of unprofitable overseas businesses.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 4, 2015
Limited bond supply may lead BOJ to taper in 2017: IMF paper
The Bank of Japan may need to reduce the pace of its bond purchases in a few years due to a shortage of sellers, said economists at the International Monetary Fund.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2015
Sony's ¥440 billion fundraising opens way to finance unit buyout
Sony Corp.'s first share sale in 26 years is fueling speculation the company may buy full control of Sony Financial Holdings Inc., a move that could save taxes and help the parent meet performance targets.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use
The Toyoake Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture is planning to enact an ordinance to urge all smartphone users in the city to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
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