Japan Just Hit the Off Switch: Why a $3.6T Bond Support System Is Breaking

Описание: Japan’s long-standing bond market support system—once engineered to suppress yields, stabilize debt costs, and anchor global fixed-income markets—is showing dramatic signs of strain. For decades, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) acted as the primary buyer of Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs), owning an outsized share of the domestic debt market to keep yields close to zero and finance massive public spending. But that era appears to be shifting sharply as yield-curve control policies are wound down, interest rates rise, and investor confidence wanes.

The result? A burgeoning $3.6 trillion worth of hidden losses and valuation stress across long-dated JGBs—especially super-long maturities like 30- and 40-year bonds—has unsettled domestic insurers, banks, and global fixed income markets alike. Yields on long bonds have climbed to multi-decade highs, reflecting investor demand for higher compensation amid policy and fiscal uncertainty.

This breakdown in the support system has deeper ramifications than just Japan’s internal finances. By effectively removing the central bank’s artificial floor under yields, Japanese bonds are now repricing across the curve, exposing latent losses and fueling a reevaluation of risk-free assets worldwide. For global investors who long relied on Japan’s once-predictable JGB market as a cornerstone of diversified portfolios, the change represents a historic reordering of risk and return dynamics.

In short, Japan hasn’t “broken” its economy, but the mechanisms that underpinned its ultra-low-rate environment and huge debt accumulation are unraveling in real time—forcing markets to confront the real costs of debt, policy normalization, and market discipline.


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🔍 Fact Verification Section — Trusted Sources
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BOJ bond ownership and market influence Bank of Japan owns 52% of all domestic government bonds

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Rising yields and market repricing Japan’s bond volatility and rising yields

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Bond market supply and investor appetite stress World’s worst bond market faces another supply shock

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