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Global Market: Japanese investors eye home assets as rising bond yields alter returns
The brief
- Japanese investors are gradually shifting funds back into domestic assets as bond yields rise
- Higher Japanese government bond yields are improving the appeal of home assets
- Yen gains after Japan’s finance minister signals readiness for bold action
- Japan’s falling bond prices stall repatriation rush
- Trump raises yen weakness with Japan’s Takaichi as currency nears 160 per dollar
- Nikkei, TOPIX up over 1% as Japanese indices lead Asian markets despite Wall Street bond rout
- Japan 10-year yield climbs to 1996 high as global rout deepens