Japan’s Bond Markets in Focus: Yields, Spreads and the Election Impact
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory in the February 8, 2026 general election has not just reshaped politics — it has re-anchored global fixed-income markets around Japan’s sovereign debt and spread curves. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house, giving Takaichi broad