Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reassures markets regarding her expansionary fiscal policy. Despite a hefty 122.3 ...

Japan has signed off on a record 785 billion dollar budget for the coming fiscal year, pairing unprecedented spending with a fresh pledge to keep its towering public debt in check. The plan reflects a ...

Japan’s public debt stands at over 250 per cent of GDP, far surpassing the levels in the United States, yet political and public complacency persists in the absence of a fiscal crisis. Amid cost of ...

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan, which has the highest ...

The main cause for worry is Japan’s famously high debt burden. Total public debt stands at a whopping 200% of gross domestic product. On top of this, rates on Japanese government bonds have been on ...

Japan, a heavily indebted country, is not known for its fiscal hawks. Yet for a few weeks in May austere types were ascendant. As long-dated bond yields surged worldwide, the Japanese market wobbled ...

Globally, government debt/GDP ratios and debt service costs have increased since the GFC and Covid, raising the relevance and importance of sovereign bond indices like the FTSE Debt Capacity World ...

TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters) - The markets will be closely watching an auction of Japan's longest tenor bonds on Wednesday to see if debt investors will continue to put up with the worsening finances of ...

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 ...