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Japanese investors step up domestic bond purchases as foreign demand drops: JSDA data
The brief
- Japanese investors bought 21.7 trillion yen of coupon-bearing government bonds from April to August
- Purchases reached 89% of their entire fiscal 2025 total
- 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