banking
S&P Global Ratings recently hosted a webinar, "Corporate Japan’s Cross-Border Funding Enhance Financial Flexibility," focusing on the drivers, credit implications, and the relationship between corporates and domestic banks. The webinar also included coverage of new issuers, which we have excluded from this reporting on the
bonds
In a major move signaling rising credit costs in the Japanese market, Rakuten Group successfully priced a JPY 82 billion perpetual subordinated bond. Announced on October 17, 2025, the issuance carried the highest coupon for a local bond deal this year, immediately drawing significant attention from domestic and international investors.
tokenization
MUFG has announced that, as part of preparations to issue the “Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 1st series unsecured subordinated security token bond with optional-redemption clause, write-down upon the occurrence of a non-viability event clause and transfer restriction clause” (the ST Bond), it has submitted an amended registration statement to the
asset management
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) establishes the target weights of different assets as a policy asset mix and makes an investment based on it. GPIF has formulated the policy asset mix for the fifth medium-term objectives (5-year plan) starting from fiscal 2025. The new policy asset mix was decided
security token
Toyota Financial Services, Toyota Finance, Daiwa Securities, MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, and Progmat plan to issue the Toyota Group's first publicly offered security token bonds. Toyota Financial Services and Toyota Finance have developed financial services to allow each and every customer to drive their car
bonds
The Bank of Japan has published a summary of the discussions held between the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and representatives from commercial banks, securities firms, and buy-side institutions (collectively referred to as "market participants") regarding the Japanese government bond (JGB) market. The meetings, held in early December 2024,