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Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group propelled foreign-currency bond sales by Japanese companies to a record.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2026
Mizuho and SMFG fuel record Japanese corporate bond sales overseas
The surge in issuance in overseas currencies is in part being fueled by the depreciating yen, which slid to its weakest level against the dollar since 1986 this week.
While yields on euro-denominated bonds tend to be lower than those in dollars, investors are currently able to generate extra yield pickup by using swaps.
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2026
Japan¡¯s record sales of euro bonds show historic funding shift
Japan¡¯s largest trading firm, Mitsubishi, raised €1 billion from its inaugural euro-denominated bond offering in February.
Japanese companies have raised $132 billion in foreign-currency bond and loan deals arranged by banks so far in 2025, up 56% from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2025
Japan¡¯s $132 billion borrowing binge reshapes global credit
Underscoring the unprecedented shift onto the global stage, annual overseas note issuance is on course to exceed debt sales in yen for the first time ever.
Japanese issuers are set to exceed $100 billion in bond issuance this year, marking a record in both dollars and euros, with companies surging into the primary debt market on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2025
Japanese companies near $100 billion milestone in global bond issuance
Nomura Holdings and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group have kicked off dollar bond sales in a week expected to be among the busiest of the year for global debt offerings.
Sony Group looks set to become the latest flagship name to tap Japan's corporate bond market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 18, 2025
Japan¡¯s historic rate shift is turbo-charging the credit market
Japanese companies have sold ?14.7 trillion ($96.8 billion) of local-currency bonds in the current fiscal year, a record for the period.
Rakuten Group is considering the sale of hybrid perpetual notes that can be called after five years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2024
Rakuten plans return to dollar bond market with hybrid notes
Rakuten¡¯s liquidity has improved but an increased reliance on the dollar bond market may indicate weakened domestic funding access.
Norinchukin Bank kicked off its first dollar bond sale since March last year to finance environmentally related projects.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2024
Norinchukin kicks off first dollar bond sale since losses
The bank started marketing a five-year green bond on Oct. 8 at a spread of around 155 basis points over Treasurys.
The emphasis on lifting earnings is prompting more Japanese companies to boost investments abroad.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2024
Japan corporate cleanup fuels appetite for record debt sales
Japanese corporate dollar bonds have been outperforming U.S. peers, and borrowers have piled into the market with record issuance in recent months.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (left), U.S. President Joe Biden (center) and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a joint news conference following a trilateral summit at Camp David near Thurmont, Maryland, on Aug. 18.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2023
South Korea kicks off historic ¡®samurai bond¡¯ sale in Japan
The historic debt offering comes as part of broad-based improvement in ties between Seoul and Tokyo.
Investors have scooped up yen debt from issuers outside Japan, fueling the busiest July since 2018.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 24, 2023
Global yen bond market emerges as oasis amid Japan volatility
Investors have scooped up yen debt from issuers outside Japan, fueling the busiest July since 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2022
Global bond market losses mean the worst drawdown on record for global fixed income
The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, a benchmark for government and corporate debt total returns, has fallen 11% from a high in January 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2021
SoftBank gets over $7 billion in jumbo offshore bond deal
The Japanese technology giant sold $3.85 billion of dollar-denominated debt and u20ac2.95 billion ($3.5 billion) of notes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 19, 2021
SoftBank plans ?405 billion bond sale after record profit
SoftBank has long tapped individual investors in Japan rather than institutions for most of its yen funding from the local bond market, taking advantage of its strong brand recognition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2017
Housewife who saved Toyoko hotel chain puts focus on female managers
Maiko Kuroda isn¡¯t new to challenges. She was a housewife when her father¡¯s hotel chain was embroiled in scandal, forcing her to return to the business almost a decade ago. Having boosted profit tenfold, she¡¯s now eyeing markets in Europe and North America.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2016
Marilyn Monroe¡¯s Tokyo honeymoon spot frets over impact of yen rise
Tokyo¡¯s Imperial Hotel, the luxury inn that counts Marilyn Monroe among past guests, raised room rates last year to levels it last charged before the bubble economy imploded in the early 1990s. A surging yen now threatens those gains.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2016
In quake-prone Japan, Kumamoto temblors stir worry of ¡®Tokyo X Day¡¯
There¡¯s nothing comical about this manga: office building windows shatter, trains derail and cars plunge from buckling bridges. It all happens at 4:35 p.m. on a day dubbed ¡°Tokyo¡¯s X Day.¡±
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 22, 2016
Hedge fund¡¯s computer says sell Japan debt after 19% gain
For Kyo Yamamoto, leaving investment choices to a computer rather than making his own calls has been the best strategy as unorthodox global monetary policies only worsen market volatility. Right now, the machine says sell Japan government bonds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 25, 2016
BOJ-fueled Tokyo property boom pricing average earners out of housing market
Rich buyers taking advantage of record low borrowing costs have pushed prices in Tokyo beyond the reach of many ordinary buyers, taking the wind out of property sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2015
Online broker chases Japan¡¯s day traders to close gap with peers
Monex Group Inc. is seeking more business from Japan¡¯s growing ranks of day traders in a bid to catch up with other online brokerages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2015
Trump¡¯s ¡®Japan Is back¡¯ rhetoric signals campaign focus on alleged currency manipulation
Donald Trump¡¯s claim that ¡°Japan is back¡± isn¡¯t the dominant view among economists. Apparently, the Bank of Japan agrees with his assessment.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India¡¯s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi¡¯s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family¡¯s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan¡¯s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troubl¨¦, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu¡¯s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
¡®The colors speak for themselves¡¯: How Japan¡¯s chroma bible went global
¡°A Dictionary of Color Combinations¡± is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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