Takashi Umekawa

1 week ago | bloomberglinea.com | Takashi Umekawa |Erica Yokoyama |Kiyoshi Ota

Bloomberg — El Ministerio de Finanzas de Japón está considerando recortar su emisión de bonos superlargos a partir de julio, según un borrador de un plan revisado de emisión de bonos visto por Bloomberg. El ministerio va a proponer recortar la emisión de bonos a 20, 30 y 40 años en 100.000 millones de yenes (US$690 millones) cada uno por subasta hasta finales de marzo de 2026, según mostró el jueves el borrador del plan.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Takashi Umekawa |Erica Yokoyama

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s finance ministry is considering trimming its issuance of super-long bonds starting in July, according to a draft of a revised bond issuance plan seen by Bloomberg. The ministry is set to propose cutting issuance of 20-, 30- and 40-year bonds by ¥100 billion ($690 million) each per auction through the end of March 2026, the draft plan showed Thursday. To offset the decrease, the ministry is considering increasing issuance of 2-year bonds and other shorter-dated debts.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Yoshiaki Nohara |Takashi Umekawa

Katsunobu Kato(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said the country won’t use the sale of its US Treasury holdings in trade talks with Washington, clarifying his previous remarks that suggested they could be used as a negotiating tool. “We are not considering the sale of US Treasuries as a means of Japan-US negotiations,” Kato said in Milan, Italy, on Sunday, where he was attending the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Takashi Umekawa |Yoshiaki Nohara |Ruth Carson

(Bloomberg) -- Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. Most Read from BloombergAdvertisementAdvertisementJapan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said the country’s US Treasury holdings could be a card in its trade talks with Washington, referring to the largest stockpile of US debt held by a foreign nation. “It does exist as a card,” said Kato, speaking on a TV Tokyo program Friday, when asked if Japan’s stance of not selling holdings could be a negotiation tool.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Takashi Umekawa |Yoshiaki Nohara |Ruth Carson

Japan könnte seinen Bestand an US-Staatsanleihen als Trumpfkarte in den Handelsgesprächen mit Washington ausspielen. Dies merkte Finanzminister Katsunobu Kato an und verwies darauf, dass Nippon der größte ausländische Gläubiger der USA ist. “Es ist durchaus eine Trumpfkarte”, sagte Kato am Freitag in einer Fernsehsendung von TV Tokyo, auf die Frage, ob Japans Haltung, seine Bestände nicht zu verkaufen, ein Verhandlungsinstrument sein könnte.