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 ...

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 ...

New Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi has sent fresh tremors through her country’s bond market, raising fears of a “Liz ...

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?

Japan’s bond market is falling apart in real time. On Tuesday, long-term government yields quietly hit levels not seen before. The 30-year Japanese bond yield jumped to 3.20%, a fresh record. It ...

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 Japanese government has approved a massive stimulus package aimed at reviving the sluggish economy. Japan’s Prime ...

Aside from the question of growth, it remains unclear whether policymakers can reorient the country’s future trajectory before serious problems set in. Japan’s economy in 2025 stands at an uncertain ...

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