Bessent is encouraging Japan to let its central bank address inflation.

Investors are selling Japanese government bonds at a discount.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) unanimously held interest rates at 0.5% as expected, but revised its inflation forecast from 2.2% to 2.7%.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s coalition suffered a big loss in the upper house election. That setback could slow new policies and incr...

Japan’s MOF has cut bond sale amounts for 20-, 30-, and 40-year debt from this month by a combined 3.2 trillion yen to the end of March 2026.