In effect, Covid ended Japan’s yield-capping experiment, because it vaulted the world into a high-interest-rate equilibrium.

Japan just sent a shockwave through global bond markets. The country's 20-year government bond yield surged to 2.75%. This is ...

Japanese government bonds extended losses after results of a 20-year debt sale signaled that investors are still cautious ...

When you think about national debt, the massive numbers thrown around by wealthy nations like the United States and Japan ...

The last thing that an over-indebted Japan struggling with inflation needs is a prime minister who advocates fiscal stimulus and a loose monetary policy to stimulate the Japanese economy. This would ...

Welcome to The Brink. We’re Takahiko Hyuga and Erica Yokoyama in Tokyo, where companies are staring down the highest rates in decades and the new government deals with its own debt problem. We also ...

The new Japanese prime minister has unveiled a massive stimulus package in response to weak growth, stubborn inflation, spiralling debt and rising interest costs. Will it work?

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's finance ministry is planning to request a record $220 billion for debt-servicing costs in next financial year's budget as the world's No. 4 economy faces rising interest rates ...

When discussing national finances, the debt-to-GDP ratio has become the ultimate measuring stick for economic health. Some ...

While much of the attention from the crypto and traditional markets remains on the U.S., a recent analysis by a leading economist suggests it’s time to look east. Japan is teetering on the edge of a ...

In “The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway famously has one of his characters describe how he went bankrupt. “First gradually, and then suddenly.” Judging by the way Japanese bond prices are now ...