Shorting Japan’s government bond market has long been a “widow maker” trade. Many tried it over the last 15 years; few, if ...

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Japan's government bonds are in free fall as investors take a dim view of an ...

The problem of overwhelming debt has shifted. While poor countries struggled with this burden for years, the threat now comes ...

Its current nominal rate is 0.75%; estimates by central-bank researchers peg Japan’s neutral rate in the range of 1-2.5%, ...

Japan’s bond market just sent a warning. Yields surged, liquidity vanished, and global markets reacted. Is Japan becoming a ...

Japan’s 30-year bonds dropped after a debt auction drew the lowest demand since June, pointing to renewed concerns about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s fiscal policy. The 30-year yield rose four ...

Japan’s 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, according to people ...

Global debt crisis is entering a dangerous phase as major economies carry heavier burdens than ever before. Debt-to-GDP ratios in Japan, the United States, China, and the European Monetary Union have ...

The global bond market is approaching a stress point driven by concentrated debt maturities and rising refinancing costs rather than a single macro shock. Japan sits at the center of this dynamic as ...

Japan’s 229% Debt/GDP ratio, once sustainable via yield curve control, now faces crisis as inflation and rising rates end this policy era. With the Bank of Japan turning hawkish and long-term yields ...

TOKYO, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Japan may face further yen declines and a relentless rise in bond yields driven by market concern over the government's expansionary fiscal policy, former central bank ...