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BONDS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2018
Japan's commercial lenders lobby BOJ to stop buying corporate bonds at negative rates
Commercial lenders are privately complaining to the central bank about its purchases of corporate bonds at negative interest rates and are asking it to stop the practice, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2018
Japan's Mizuho loses Saudi bond role in ongoing Gulf rift with Qatar
Japan's Mizuho Securities has lost a bond mandate for Saudi Arabia, on top of another for Qatar, banking sources said, highlighting how international banks have been caught up in Qatar's ongoing dispute with its neighbours.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2018
With Kuroda staying at the BOJ, Japanese firms rush to issue long debt
Japanese companies are selling superlong bonds amid expectations that Haruhiko Kuroda's reappointment as central bank governor will prolong easy monetary policy, even as increases in overseas yields put pressure on domestic market rates to rise.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 26, 2018
Moment of truth for the Bank of Japan
The BOJ continues to provide significant stimulus to the economy, but with inflation still well below target the central bank finds itself between a rock and a hard place.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 19, 2018
Despite jumpy market, Bank of Japan watchers don't expect a policy change anytime soon
Economists who follow the Bank of Japan aren't buying the idea that the central bank is nearing the point where it will begin to normalize its ultraloose monetary policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 11, 2018
China said wary about U.S. Treasury, raising bond jitters
China is adding to bond investors' jitters as traders brace for what they fear could be the end of a three-decade bull market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 29, 2017
Cash levels pile up as investors continue to wait-and-see
Investors' wait-and-see approach this year is leading to a growing problem. Cash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2017
Political risk scares away Japanese investors in French bonds
Japanese investors, traditionally among France's most loyal lenders, are not yet convinced that French political risks have faded and are staying away from buying the country's bonds.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 10, 2017
Le Pen fears prompt Japanese to dump record amount of French bonds ahead of election
Japanese investors dumped a record amount of French bonds in February, rattled by the rising popularity of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the upcoming presidential election, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 29, 2017
Japanese and South Korean investors plow cash into structured products
Yield-starved Japanese investors are taking out the cash stashed under the futon and plowing it into potentially risky securities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2016
Japan's volatile year in business: negative rates, Brexit and Trump
For investors in Japan's markets this year, it's been a case of one shock after the next in a pattern that might have prepared them well for the era of Donald Trump and his reputation for the unexpected.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2016
World's biggest pension fund gains ¥2.4 trillion as stocks rally
The world's biggest pension fund posted its first profit in four quarters as stocks rebounded, providing some respite for the Japanese state money manager after critics lambasted it for taking on too much risk.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 20, 2016
Could Japan's bond bubble get Trumped?
Bond market vigilantes are keen to test the Bank of Japan's latest moves to keep yields low as U.S. rates rise.
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.
Typhoon Halong to cause windstorms, heavy rain and high waves on the Izu islands
Typhoon Halong is moving north near the Izu Islands, with strong winds, high waves and heavy rain expected as it passes early on Thursday, prompting warnings from the weather agency.
Japan to move toward five-year integrated bachelor's-master’s programs
Japan plans to introduce nationwide five-year bachelor's-master's programs to raise graduate school enrollment and train more highly skilled professionals amid a shrinking workforce.
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
After 26 years, Komeito may be showing signs it will break with LDP
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito (left) and LDP counterpart Sanae Takaichi meet in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Bear injures two in Japan supermarket; man killed in separate attack
A bear seen in security camera footage taken Tuesday inside a supermarket in Numata, Gunma Prefecture
With nuclear sub proposal, Japan faces array of political and tech challenges
The Jingei, the third of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Taigei-class submarines, was commissioned in March last year. It is equipped with lithium-ion batteries, enabling it to have a longer diving time and cruising distance than older models with lead-acid batteries.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
OpenAI has rolled out a social app powered by Sora 2, its artificial intelligence video generator, which was quickly flooded with videos featuring iconic Japanese intellectual property.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

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