The Bank of Japan's Financial Markets Department will hold the 25th Bond Market Participants Meeting at the Bank of Japan Head Office on December 7 and 8. Participants are expected to include...
The Ministry of Finance forecasts a total balance surplus of 6.2 trillion yen in November 2026, with the surplus 4.6 trillion yen smaller than in the same month of the previous year. The forecast...
On October 14, 2026, the Bank of Japan’s Financial Markets Department held a meeting on market operations and explained financial market and market operations developments, liquidity and functioning...
The Bank of Japan’s Planning and Coordination Bureau released its government transactions for September 2026. At monthend, longterm Japanese government bond sellbuyback balances were ¥27.5528...
To provide a timely picture of prefectural finances, a preliminary compilation was prepared using figures as of the end of August 2026. Revenue was 60.7 trillion yen and expenditure was 58.9 trillion...
Municipal fiscal conditions were compiled as of the end of August 2026 and summarized preliminarily. Revenue totaled 74.5 trillion yen and expenditure totaled 72.1 trillion yen, both increasing from...
Securities firms intermediate investors’ trading needs in Japan’s government bond market and earn revenue while managing interest rate risk. This article reviews trends in factors they monitor...
Finance Minister Katayama explained that the FY2027 initial generalaccount budget requests total approximately 143.1 trillion yen. As the first year of budgetprocess reform aimed at moving away from...
The Ministry of Finance forecast that the overall balance of government receipts and payments against the private sector in September 2026 will show excess receipts of 5.2 trillion yen. Compared with...
The Bank of Japan’s Financial Markets Department released the Bond Market Survey conducted from August 3 to 7, 2026, on September 1, 2026. There were 77 survey respondents. For the secondary market...
The Bank of Japan’s Financial Markets Department updated the peroperation and monthly offer amounts by remaining maturity for interestbearing government bonds, as well as the amounts and dates for...
On August 7, 2026, the Bank of Japan released its transactions with the government for July 2026. The statistics consist of “1. Stock Table,” showing endofmonth balances, and “2. Flow Table,” showing...
The Ministry of Finance published the receipts, payments, balance, and government bonds in the fiscal funds to private sector balance for July 2026, comparing them with the same month of the previous...
The Ministry of Finance indicated that the fiscal funds–private sector balance for August Reiwa 8 is expected to show a net receipts surplus of 2.4 trillion yen, as receipts of consumption tax,...
A financial report showing the balances of the Bank of Japan's assets, liabilities and net assets as of August 4, 2026. Total assets and total liabilities and net assets were both 644.295765484...
Since summer 2024, the Bank of Japan has been gradually reducing its purchases of longterm Japanese government bonds based on plans decided at Monetary Policy Meetings, while taking into account the...
The Ministry of Finance presented an overview of the FY2025 General Account settlement. Collected revenue totaled 145.2579 trillion yen, while expenditures totaled 129.4661 trillion yen, resulting in...
Finance Minister Katayama said that, in light of views that diversifying citizens’ portfolios has benefits in a world with interest rates, and opinions both inside and outside the party, he wanted to...
The balances reported by the Bank of Japan on July 22, 2026, showed identical totals for assets and liabilities and net assets, each amounting to 639 trillion 369 billion 552 million 506 thousand...
The Bank of Japan presents the balances of its assets, liabilities, and net assets as of July 14, 2026, in thousands of yen. Both total assets and total liabilities and net assets amount to...