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        <title><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa - Former Asia Credit Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Weak Auction Keeps Pressure on Japan to Reduce Long-Bond Supply]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 03:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Borrowers Rush to Sell Yen Bonds as Rising Yields Lure Investors]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 04:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Bonds Plunge After Weak Auction Stokes Fear of BOJ Retreat]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 03:48:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rising Yields Fray Nerves Going Into Japan’s 30-Year Bond Sale]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 02:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Foreign Funds Sour on US Corporate Bonds as Trump Sows Chaos]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Revived Corporate Bond Deals in Japan Underline Need for Funding]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Doesn’t Plan to Use US Treasuries as Tariff Talk Leverage]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:46:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Berkshire Yen Bond Deal Is Its Smallest Ever Amid Trade War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:59:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SoftBank Plans Largest Bond for Retail Investors Amid Turmoil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:43:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Strategists See Stronger Yen, Weaker Asian Stocks on Tariff Plan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mia Glass]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Record $100 Billion Bond Deal Bonanza Shows Cracks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 01:15:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Mandates Banks for Yen Bond Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Credit Investors Seek Shield From M&A Risks as Deals Boom]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Korean Air Shakes Off Political Crisis With Sale of Yen Bonds]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 03:42:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Honda-Nissan Deal Is Credit Positive, Honda Faces Risks: Moody’s]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 03:04:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bankruptcies, Suicides Rise as Japanese Struggle With Mounting Debt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nippon Steel Alleges Undue US Influence on Deal Review: Reuters]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 02:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rakuten Sells Its Lowest-Yielding Dollar Bonds Since 2021]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-03/rakuten-starts-marketing-its-third-dollar-bond-offering-of-2024</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:53:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rakuten Plans Return to Dollar Bond Market With Hybrid Notes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:31:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Firms Rush to Sell Bonds as BOJ December Hike Bets Grow]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayai Tomisawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 03:45:44 GMT</pubDate>
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