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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2019
Aso signals new openness to introducing 50-year bonds
Finance Minister Taro Aso indicated a new openness to introducing 50-year government bonds, days after the country's central bank chief suggested such a move could be helpful.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Aug 22, 2018
Bank of Japan's threat to global bonds fizzles as Japanese insurers stay put
For all the frenzy over the Bank of Japan's first policy tweak in almost two years, little seems to have changed for the nation's insurers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 30, 2018
Bank of Japan's bid to taper by stealth made tougher by supercharged yen
The Bank of Japan is finding out just how hard it is to be stealthy — when everyone is looking right at you.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2018
BOJ chief faces tougher second term as reality of monetary easing program sinks in
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will face more severe challenges from the central bank's radical strategy for stoking 2 percent inflation and plans to unwind it.
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
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 28, 2017
BOJ keeps snapping up debt, but pace of bond purchases slowing
The Bank of Japan continued its spending spree on government debt, although the pace of increase has slowed dramatically since the introduction of yield-curve control in September 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 6, 2017
BOJ faces call to release handbrake, let longer yields rise
The Bank of Japan is caught in a quandary: to let bond yields rise or not.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 14, 2016
BOJ is said to mull change or abandonment of JGB maturity range
The Bank of Japan is considering either a tweak to or an abandonment of its guidance on the range of government bonds that it buys, according to people familiar with the discussions.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2016
BOJ cornered as Japanese banks seen running out of bonds to sell
The nation's biggest banks are running out of room to sell their government bond holdings, pushing the central bank closer to the limits of its record monetary easing.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 6, 2016
BOJ bond valuation losses are said to be ¥874 billion in 2015
The Bank of Japan wrote down the value of its holdings of government debt by ¥874 billion ($8.5 billion) in the last fiscal year, undercutting the income from its still profitable asset-purchase program.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 22, 2016
Hedge fund's computer says sell Japan debt after 19% gain
For Kyo Yamamoto, leaving investment choices to a computer rather than making his own calls has been the best strategy as unorthodox global monetary policies only worsen market volatility. Right now, the machine says sell Japan government bonds.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2015
BOJ dooms credit analysts as foreign banks let Tokyo posts lapse
Foreign brokerages are leaving credit analyst positions in Tokyo unfilled as record central bank bond-buying stimulus makes it hard for them to make profits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2015
Kuroda's retreat from bonds stymied by expectations for more BOJ stimulus
With the economy weakening markedly, banks are flocking to longer-dated government debt on expectations the Bank of Japan will expand its stimulus program. That's creating fresh challenges for BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who's trying to get banks to buy fewer bonds and lend more.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 30, 2015
GPIF's smaller clones seen as savior to BOJ as it runs out of bonds to buy
The Bank of Japan's search for fresh bonds to fuel its unprecedented asset-purchase program is set to get easier as public retirement funds with $276 billion turn into sellers of government debt.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2015
BOJ readies for liquidity squeeze with T-bill yields below zero
The Bank of Japan is becoming increasingly concerned its massive government bond purchases are drying up market liquidity, six months after investors warned that conditions were deteriorating.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015
Rout seen as encouraging Japan banks' flight to U.S. treasuries
Japanese banks were already returning to U.S. Treasuries before a plunge in global markets made Federal Reserve rate increases an even more distant prospect.
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 / Economy
May 20, 2015
BOJ bond-buying faces challenge as Japan Post slows debt sales
The day when the Bank of Japan can't find enough bonds to buy is drawing closer.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 8, 2015
Japan joining global bond rout as BOJ shifts on inflation target
The Bank of Japan's equivocation on its inflation target is adding to the shifting global monetary policy picture that has sparked a sovereign debt rout.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 22, 2015
Ex-currency chief fears BOJ exit nightmare on debt pile
Government debt twice the size of the economy will make exiting stimulus a nightmare for Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, according to the nation's former top currency official.
Hypothermia in the land of the rising Sanae
Amid the election of Sanae Takaichi as Liberal Democratic Party president, and possibly the next prime minister, Japan's economy shows signs of recovery, but weak wages, a conservative corporate culture and currency issues raise doubts about a true economic thaw.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
After plenty of ups and downs, Osaka Expo concludes with message of unity
The sun sets on the Grand Ring on the final day of the Osaka Expo on Monday.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
ANA flight returns to Haneda Airport after hitting runway lights
An All Nippon Airways flight returned to Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday evening, about an hour after takeoff, after it was found to have struck runway lights.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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