It took just $280 million of trading to push Japan’s $7.2 trillion government bond market into meltdown. That was the combined turnover for the country’s benchmark ultra-long maturity bonds as they ...

The selling in Japan’s $7.6 trillion bond market began slowly, then seemed to hit all at once. What started as an unremarkable day on Tokyo trading desks quickly morphed into what several market ...

Trading of Japanese government bonds, long considered moribund, is roaring back to life as fears of the country’s debt have sent yields surging. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo For two ...