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6 days ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Takahiko Hyuga |Issei Hazama
Local governments have failed to sell out bonds at several recent offerings, marking a shift in what has traditionally been a stable market, said people familiar with the matter. This month’s heightened market volatility, driven by U.S. tariff policies and uncertainty over a potential Bank of Japan rate hike, have also led to delays and cancellations of several Japanese corporate bond offerings.
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6 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Takahiko Hyuga |Issei Hazama
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline seen from an observation deck in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Japan’s industrial output in November is scheduled to be released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Dec. 28. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s local governments have failed to sell out bonds at several recent offerings, marking a shift in what has traditionally been a stable market, said people familiar with the matter.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Saburo Funabiki |Takahiko Hyuga
All eyes are on the yen as Japan prepares to hold tariff negotiations with the US this week, with analysts predicting that authorities in Tokyo will allow the currency to strengthen to help narrow the US trade deficit. As one of the first countries to formally engage in talks, Japan’s chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa will visit the US April 16 to 18 to seek an exemption from the so-called reciprocal tariffs.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Saburo Funabiki |Takahiko Hyuga
All eyes are on the yen as Japan prepares to hold tariff negotiations with the US this week, with analysts predicting that authorities in Tokyo will allow the currency to strengthen to help narrow the US trade deficit. As one of the first countries to formally engage in talks, Japan’s chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa will visit the US April 16 to 18 to seek an exemption from the so-called reciprocal tariffs.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Takahiko Hyuga
SoftBank Group Corp. is readying its smallest yen-denominated bond sale for institutions in over 10 years, while leaning on its strong retail investor base for funding its AI projects and refinancing existing debt. The company plans to raise around ¥10 billion ($70 million) from institutional investors in a deal set to be priced on April 18, the same day when it will price retail bonds, eyeing a record-setting issue amount of ¥600 billion.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Takahiko Hyuga
Japan Airlines Co. sold ¥178.9 billion ($1.2 billion) of perpetual bonds to partly finance the purchase of 90 aircrafts as a tourism boom propels arrivals into the country to new highs. It’s JAL’s first-ever sale of perpetual bonds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Their subordinated ranking, meaning they will be repaid only after senior notes in the event of a credit event, pushed up its funding costs compared with senior debt.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Takahiko Hyuga
Japan Airlines Co. sold ¥178.9 billion ($1.2 billion) of perpetual bonds to partly finance the purchase of 90 aircrafts as a tourism boom propels arrivals into the country to new highs. It’s JAL’s first-ever sale of perpetual bonds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Their subordinated ranking, meaning they will be repaid only after senior notes in the event of a credit event, pushed up its funding costs compared with senior debt.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Takahiko Hyuga
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is going ahead with the marketing of yen bonds, even as at least four Japanese companies canceled or delayed debt deals in their home currency due to sharp volatility in markets. Warren Buffett’s company marketed seven tranches of Japanese-currency notes on Tuesday, but with higher yield premiums for all of the planned bonds compared with levels last week when underwriters sounded out investor demand.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Ayai Tomisawa |Takahiko Hyuga |Tomohiro Ohsumi
Bloomberg — SoftBank Group Corp. está planeando la mayor venta de bonos para inversores particulares de su historia, incluso cuando los mercados están mostrando aversión al riesgo debido a los aranceles estadounidenses que sacuden los mercados financieros mundiales. La empresa de inversión de Masayoshi Son está emitiendo 600.000 millones de yenes (US$4.100 millones) de bonos a cinco años para inversores particulares, según una presentación.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Ayai Tomisawa |Takahiko Hyuga
SoftBank Group Corp. is planning its biggest-ever sale of bonds for retail investors even as markets are becoming risk averse due to US tariffs rattling global financial markets. Masayoshi Son’s investment company is issuing ¥600 billion ($4.1 billion) of five-year notes for individual investors, according to a filingBloomberg Terminal. That would be its largest offering ever to retail investors, according to Bloomberg-compiled data.
