Heavily indebted Japan should rethink outlays on programs aimed at helping women, the environment and foreigners, according ...

Japan’s 30-year bonds dropped after a debt auction drew the lowest demand since June, pointing to renewed concerns about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s fiscal policy. The 30-year yield rose four ...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart HunterJittery bond markets found reasons for calm as members of the Federal Reserve sounded a supportive note for rate cuts ...

Treasuries dropped hard on Tuesday as bond markets from the US to Europe got slammed by worries out of Japan. The yield on the 10-year note jumped four basis points to 4.42%, extending its longest ...

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 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday that the government will conduct appropriate debt management policies while communicating closely with market participants.

About the author: Desmond Lachman is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He was a deputy director in the International Monetary Fund’s Policy Development and Review Department and ...

Japan will not resort to tax cuts funded by additional debt issuance, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday, pushing back against political pressure to loosen fiscal policy ahead of an upper ...

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 ...

A display shows long-term bond market interest rates in Tokyo on Nov. 18. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images) Japan has an aging population, and the government has enormous transfer programs that ...