Fukoku Life Insurance may increase its purchases of Japanese super-long bonds just as the nation’s debt market trembled this week ahead of upper house elections.

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Investors are bracing for a potential triple dip in Japanese bonds, stocks and the yen after Sunday’s upper house election, ...

Consumers’ inflation expectations, by some measures, are also the highest in decades. Inflation has been above the Fed’s 2% ...

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The bond market in Japan is cracking under pressure, and all fingers are pointing to one thing: the upcoming Upper House election on July 20.

Opposition parties argue that cutting or scrapping the consumption tax would support growth and ease strains on households after three years of consumer price inflation above the Bank of Japan’s 2 per ...