Hirohisa Fujii, Japan's finance minister, yesterday said he was highly concerned about the recent rise in long-term government bond yields, which threaten to increase the cost of funding for one of the world's most indebted governments.
Yields on benchmark 10-year Japanese government bonds closed at 1.47 per cent, close to the highest level for five months, after rising steadily in recent weeks.
Japanese yields remain relatively low on a global basis – and below the levels of a decade ago, when yields rose from 0.77 per cent to 2.47 per cent in the space of five months.
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