Japan to Adjust Government Bond Sales in 2025/2026 Fiscal Year

According to PANews, Japan plans to reduce its scheduled government bond sales by 500 billion yen to 171.8 trillion yen for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, as indicated by draft documents. The issuance of 20-year and 30-year government bonds will be cut by 900 billion yen each, bringing them to 11.1 trillion yen and 8.7 trillion yen, respectively. Additionally, there will be an increase of 600 billion yen in the issuance of 2-year government bonds, as well as 1-year and 6-month discount bills. Furthermore, sales of government bonds to the household sector will rise by 500 billion yen, reaching a total of 5.1 trillion yen.