Negative-Yield Debt in Japan Hasn’t Looked This Good Since 2008

(Bloomberg) — Japan’s negative-yielding bonds were a surprise beneficiary of the collapse in global rates in July.Foreign investors more than doubled purchases of the nation’s debt last month to 2.88 trillion yen ($27 billion) from 1.28 trillion yen in June, according to data from Japan Securities Dealers
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Japan’s Banks Are Running Out of Room to Cope With Negative Rates

(Bloomberg) — Japanese banks have spent more than three years trying to flee negative interest rates at home by ramping up lending abroad. Now their escape routes are closing.Declining global rates are buffeting the country’s three largest lenders as they prepare to post fiscal first-quarter results
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