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Kanda, Japan’s top currency official, said recent yen weakness is odd and out of line with current economic fundamentals, reaffirming his commitment to act if needed to prevent excessive swings in the exchange rate. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Two-Year Yield Rises to Highest Since 2011 on BOJ Bets]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/japan-two-year-yield-rises-to-highest-since-2011-on-boj-bets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/japan-two-year-yield-rises-to-highest-since-2011-on-boj-bets</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masaki Kondo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 01:48:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCzNewzQGRx0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCzNewzQGRx0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer orders foods at a store in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Japan is scheduled to release consumer price index (CPI) figures on Feb. 26.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trillions of Yen Pile Up at Negative Rates in Bets on BOJ Shift]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-08/trillions-of-yen-pile-up-at-negative-rates-in-bets-on-boj-shift</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-08/trillions-of-yen-pile-up-at-negative-rates-in-bets-on-boj-shift</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saburo Funabiki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:48:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buffett’s Berkshire Returns to Yen Market With 4-Part Bond Sale]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/buffett-s-berkshire-hathaway-returns-to-yen-market-with-new-bond</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/buffett-s-berkshire-hathaway-returns-to-yen-market-with-new-bond</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finbarr Flynn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:21:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Boosts Size of Planned Bond in Market Return]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/softbank-group-boosts-size-of-planned-yen-bond-in-market-return</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/softbank-group-boosts-size-of-planned-yen-bond-in-market-return</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Issei Hazama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:02:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1ad3cDLfv5A/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1ad3cDLfv5A/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A woman wearing a protective face mask walks down a flight of stairs in front of a SoftBank Corp. store in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. After reporting record losses in May and warning the coronavirus outbreak could be as devastating as the Great Depression, SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son is already poised to declare a recovery.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Plans a Bond Market Comeback After a Rare Pause]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/softbank-group-plans-a-bond-market-comeback-after-a-rare-pause</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/softbank-group-plans-a-bond-market-comeback-after-a-rare-pause</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Takahiko Hyuga]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mega Bond Sale Shows Japan Is Ready for Bigger Credit Market]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/a-1-trillion-yen-bond-sale-by-ntt-marks-record-for-japan-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/a-1-trillion-yen-bond-sale-by-ntt-marks-record-for-japan-market</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:53:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCvmsOp1lvKE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCvmsOp1lvKE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Signage is displayed outside the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. NTT&apos;s plan to make its wireless unit wholly owned increases the chances it will comply with calls from Japan’s new premier for lower mobile fees, forcing rivals to follow suit, according to some analysts. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Firm to Sell Bonds With Coupons Linked to Green Goals]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-25/japan-developer-to-sell-bonds-with-coupons-linked-to-green-goals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-25/japan-developer-to-sell-bonds-with-coupons-linked-to-green-goals</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Issei Hazama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 06:09:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quirk of Japan’s Credit Market Is Hurting Some New Debt Sales]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/a-quirk-of-japan-s-credit-market-is-hurting-some-new-debt-sales</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/a-quirk-of-japan-s-credit-market-is-hurting-some-new-debt-sales</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Issei Hazama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Companies Scoops Up Cash in Busiest Day for Bonds in 2020]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-10/japan-inc-scoops-up-cash-in-busiest-day-for-bond-market-of-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-10/japan-inc-scoops-up-cash-in-busiest-day-for-bond-market-of-2020</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finbarr Flynn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 04:28:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ic4JUw3XKvyU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ic4JUw3XKvyU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Tokyo Tower, top right, stands illuminated in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Japan has been attempting monetary-fiscal coordination since 2013, with a joint statement by the Bank of Japan and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration pledging to work toward 2% inflation and sustainable economic growth. Under Abenomics, as it’s known, the price goal was supposed to be achieved in just two years. Six years on, inflation is stuck below 1%. Photographer: Keith Bedford/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Industry Group May Penalize Banks Breaking Debt Sale Rules]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-22/japan-industry-group-may-penalize-banks-breaking-debt-sale-rules</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-22/japan-industry-group-may-penalize-banks-breaking-debt-sale-rules</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Issei Hazama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:57:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nissan Scraps Plan to Offer Yen-Denominated Bonds in June]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-12/nissan-motor-scraps-plan-to-offer-yen-denominated-bonds-in-june</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-12/nissan-motor-scraps-plan-to-offer-yen-denominated-bonds-in-june</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Issei Hazama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 06:07:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqVjzE_FI4Nc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqVjzE_FI4Nc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Newly manufactured Nissan Motor Co. automobiles sit parked at the company&apos;s factory in Sunderland, U.K., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Nissan suspended production at the plant, along with other industrial manufacturers across the region, as the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak inflicts increasingly greater economic pain. Photographer: Ian Forsyth/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Profitable SoftBank Unit Plans Big Bond Sale]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-26/this-profitable-ecommerce-softbank-business-plans-big-bond-sale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-26/this-profitable-ecommerce-softbank-business-plans-big-bond-sale</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Issei Hazama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 04:53:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixMlmOYrPpC8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixMlmOYrPpC8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Masayoshi Son</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>