Japanese government bonds are vulnerable to further selling following a historic election defeat for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, although the immediate reaction was damped by a rally in global debt markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/22/markets/japan-markets-vulnerable-post-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #bonds #stocks #yen #2025upperhouseelection #shigeruishiba
Fukoku Life Insurance may increase its purchases of Japanese super-long bonds right as the nation’s debt market trembled this week ahead of Sunday's Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/fukoku-life-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fukokulifeinsurance #2025upperhouseelection #lifeinsurance #bonds #jgb
Debt bankers and investors are bracing for what is shaping up to be the next big trend in the global credit market: Japan Inc. raising billions abroad, with a string of recent megadeals setting the tone. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/japan-firms-credit-sales-overseas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #debt #bonds #ntt #softbank #nissan #japaneseeconomy
Chipmaker Kioxia plans to raise as much as $3 billion via a dollar bond sale that would be its first corporate debt issuance, in the latest sign of investor appetite abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/kioxia-bond-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#kioxia #ipo #bonds #chipmakers
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion from a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, with the embattled automaker offering a record-high coupon on at least one part of the deal to drum up demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/companies/nissan-bond-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #bonds #corporategovernance
Funds in Hong Kong are relying on a Japanese agency's triple-A credit rating for U.S. Treasurys to invest their assets in the U.S. debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/economy/japan-rating-agency-us-treasuries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #bonds #ratingagencies #ratingandinvestmentinformation
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance will actively avoid investing in Japanese superlong-term government bonds for the next year or two on expectations of further interest rate increases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/companies/meiji-yasuda-life-insurance-long-bonds-avoidance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #meijiyasuda #lifeinsurance #bonds #boj #investments
Nissan is looking to sell ¥150 billion ($1.04 billion) of convertible bonds to help fund new chief executive officer Ivan Espinosa’s turnaround of the ailing automaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/07/companies/nissan-to-sell-convertible-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #bonds #ivanespinosa
A key unit of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group is offering $1 billion of dollar bonds in the unit’s first US high-grade deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/companies/softbank-dollar-bond/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #bonds #dollar #ai
Japan will reduce its issuance of super-long bonds starting in July, taking a step to calm a bond market rattled by recent surges in yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/economy/super-long-bond-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #jgb #bonds #japaneseeconomy