Nomura Asset Management has been snapping up U.K. government bonds as their yields look more attractive compared with other European countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/companies/nomura-uk-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #uk #bonds

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued a €300 million (¥53 billion) bond to boost flood defenses and other climate-related countermeasures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/tokyo-climate-resilience-bond/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #climatechange #floods #bonds

SoftBank is relying on costly hybrid bonds to fund its $30 billion OpenAI investment, amid rising debt, cash flow issues and AI competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/26/japan/softbanks-openai-ambitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #softbank #openai #artificialintelligence #bonds #masayoshisons

Bank of Yokohama is prepared to pile back into the domestic debt market when the central bank’s peak interest rate is in sight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/companies/bank-of-yokohama-jgb-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bankofyokohama #regionalbanks #boj #bonds #jgbs #japaneseeconomy

SoftBank Group is returning to the overseas bond market for the second time this year amid an aggressive fundraising push for artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/22/companies/softbank-overseas-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #investments #bonds #ai

Rakuten Group priced a local bond at the year’s highest coupon of 4.691%, giving Japan’s credit market its clearest sign yet of how rising rates are impacting corporate borrowing costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/rakuten-bond-highest-coupon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rakuten #bonds #softbank #daiwa

Bond holders want an ever-higher premium to hold the debt of developed-nation governments as turmoil in France and Japan underscores how politics is eclipsing central bank policy globally as a key market driver. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/13/markets/political-premium-bonds-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #bonds #france #sanaetakaichi

Goldman sees Japan bond 'shocks' spilling over to Treasurys https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/markets/japan-government-bonds-rise-following-takaichi-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #bonds #jgb #ldp #sanaetakaichi

Japan’s stock market will likely get support while the yen and long-term government bonds come under pressure following the surprise victory of pro-stimulus Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/05/markets/takaichi-win-stocks-yen-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #sanaetakaichi #nikkei #stocks #yen #currencies #bonds #ldp

Sumitomo Life Insurance is taking an unusual step to avoid writing down losses on its debt assets, promising to never sell them while they are in the red. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/03/sumitomo-life-jgb-losses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #insurance #lifeinsurance #sumitomolifeinsurance #bonds #jgb

Itochu is preparing to issue up to ¥50 billion in yen bonds while also weighing dollar notes for the first time in about five years, possibly bringing total issuance this fiscal year to more than ¥100 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/companies/itochu-dollar-note/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #itochu #dollar #bonds

Condominium associations, which typically have held money for building repairs in bank accounts, have started to invest in bonds to keep pace with inflation amid rising repair costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/condo-associations-buying-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #inflation #housing #bonds

The U.S. dollar clawed back some lost ground in Asian trading hours on Tuesday following five days of selling, ahead of the return of U.S. traders from the Labor Day holiday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/markets/gold-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #dollar #us #gold #jgb #bonds

Japanese issuers are on the verge of topping $100 billion in bond issuance across dollars and euros for the first time ever in any year, with companies from the nation storming the primary debt market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/economy/bond-milestone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #dollar #japaneseeconomy #bonds #nomura #mufg

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