<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Masahiro Hidaka - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Masahiro Hidaka - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ADOj8g5J59s/masahiro-hidaka</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Masahiro Hidaka - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ADOj8g5J59s/masahiro-hidaka</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:34:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ADOj8g5J59s/masahiro-hidaka.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Bonds Draw Largest Foreign Inflow in a Year Last Week]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-09/japan-bonds-draw-largest-foreign-inflow-in-a-year-last-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-09/japan-bonds-draw-largest-foreign-inflow-in-a-year-last-week</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masaki Kondo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:52:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Is Said to Sound Out Market on Oil Futures Intervention]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/japan-is-said-to-sound-out-market-on-oil-futures-intervention</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/japan-is-said-to-sound-out-market-on-oil-futures-intervention</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masahiro Hidaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:00:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuQuMlCqhB5U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuQuMlCqhB5U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Satsuki Katayama, Japan&apos;s finance minister, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from Jan. 19-23.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackRock Stays Bullish on Japan Stocks Despite Oil Price Spike]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/blackrock-stays-bullish-on-japan-stocks-despite-oil-price-spike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/blackrock-stays-bullish-on-japan-stocks-despite-oil-price-spike</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Momoka Yokoyama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:09:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFDuqImKSSyQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFDuqImKSSyQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Sanae Takaichi</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Investors Sell Most Overseas Bonds Since 2024 Last Month]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/japan-s-investors-sell-most-overseas-bonds-since-2024-last-month</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/japan-s-investors-sell-most-overseas-bonds-since-2024-last-month</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masaki Kondo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:14:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Super-Long Yields Drop After Auction in Sign of Confidence]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/japan-20-year-bond-sale-sees-weaker-demand-than-12-month-average-mlsx1tg0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/japan-20-year-bond-sale-sees-weaker-demand-than-12-month-average-mlsx1tg0</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 03:43:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meiji Yasuda Ready to Buy More Japan Super-Long Bonds by March]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/meiji-yasuda-ready-to-buy-more-japan-super-long-bonds-by-march</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/meiji-yasuda-ready-to-buy-more-japan-super-long-bonds-by-march</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masahiro Hidaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:03:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Long-Tenor Bond Yields Rise After 10-Year Debt Auction]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/japan-10-year-bond-sale-demand-in-line-with-12-month-average-mk21ig60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/japan-10-year-bond-sale-demand-in-line-with-12-month-average-mk21ig60</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:38:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Long-Dated Bonds Fall as Fiscal, Inflation Concerns Linger]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-05/japan-long-dated-bonds-fall-as-fiscal-inflation-concerns-linger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-05/japan-long-dated-bonds-fall-as-fiscal-inflation-concerns-linger</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Cheng]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:35:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Awaits Two-Year Bond Auction Amid Growing Rate Hike Fears]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-24/japan-awaits-two-year-bond-auction-amid-growing-rate-hike-fears</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-24/japan-awaits-two-year-bond-auction-amid-growing-rate-hike-fears</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZw_lTHnkjRU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZw_lTHnkjRU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest in 30 years and said more increases are in the pipeline if conditions allow, in a sign of growing conviction that it can attain the stable inflation target it has pursued for more than a decade.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Inflation Expectations Point to Risk of More Yen Weakness]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/japan-inflation-expectations-point-to-risk-of-more-yen-weakness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/japan-inflation-expectations-point-to-risk-of-more-yen-weakness</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masahiro Hidaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:10:59 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iObXZF3x5d.c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iObXZF3x5d.c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer at a cashier at a supermarket store in Tokyo, Japan.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan 5-Year Bond Sale Lowest Price in Line With Market Forecast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-13/japan-5-year-bond-sale-lowest-price-in-line-with-market-forecast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-13/japan-5-year-bond-sale-lowest-price-in-line-with-market-forecast</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 03:54:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japanese Insurers Trim Foreign Debt as Domestic Yields Soar]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-29/japanese-insurers-trim-foreign-debt-as-domestic-yields-soar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-29/japanese-insurers-trim-foreign-debt-as-domestic-yields-soar</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Tajitsu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 05:30:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7RAxUYeR6LI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7RAxUYeR6LI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Signage for Dai-ichi Life Group in a reception area at the company&apos;s head office in Tokyo. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yen’s Rapid Fall Complicates Takaichi Hopes for Slower BOJ Hikes]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/yen-s-rapid-fall-complicates-takaichi-hopes-for-slower-boj-hikes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/yen-s-rapid-fall-complicates-takaichi-hopes-for-slower-boj-hikes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Toru Fujioka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:51:39 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPUkpL1Q_2Ns/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPUkpL1Q_2Ns/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. Japan’s ruling party elected right-leaning Takaichi as its first female leader today, in a vote that is also likely to determine who will become Japan’s next prime minister.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan 30-Year Bond Sale Demand Calms Nerves After Market Jolt]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/japan-30-year-debt-sale-sees-firmer-demand-than-12-month-average-mgg0fadm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/japan-30-year-debt-sale-sees-firmer-demand-than-12-month-average-mgg0fadm</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:38:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Bond Sale Demand Slumps in Sign of Growing Rate Hike Fears]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/japan-s-two-year-bond-auction-sees-weakest-demand-since-2009-mg60ecx0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/japan-s-two-year-bond-auction-sees-weakest-demand-since-2009-mg60ecx0</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:39:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s 40-Year Bonds Rally After Firm Demand at Debt Auction]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-25/japan-40-year-debt-sale-sees-firmer-demand-than-12-month-average-mfyv6x0i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-25/japan-40-year-debt-sale-sees-firmer-demand-than-12-month-average-mfyv6x0i</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 03:39:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Two-Year Government Bond Yield Rises to Highest Since 2008]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/japan-two-year-government-bond-yield-rises-to-highest-since-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/japan-two-year-government-bond-yield-rises-to-highest-since-2008</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:13:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dollar Boost From Fed to Weigh on Asian Currencies, Analysts Say]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/dollar-boost-from-fed-to-weigh-on-asian-currencies-analysts-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/dollar-boost-from-fed-to-weigh-on-asian-currencies-analysts-say</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Burgess]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:21:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Asks Primary Dealers for Views on Long Bond Supply Cut]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-29/japan-surveying-market-to-further-reduce-longer-bond-supply</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-29/japan-surveying-market-to-further-reduce-longer-bond-supply</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masahiro Hidaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asahi Life Raises Japan Government Bond Holdings on Rates Lure]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/asahi-life-raises-japan-government-bond-holdings-on-rates-lure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/asahi-life-raises-japan-government-bond-holdings-on-rates-lure</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masahiro Hidaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>