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Shigeki Nozawa

BUSINESS

Aug 2, 2021

World’s biggest pension fund makes record cut to U.S. bond weighting

The Government Pension Investment Fund made a record cut to its weighting of U.S. government bonds last fiscal year as it increased investments into European sovereign debt.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jul 14, 2017

After initial foray, Japan’s pension fund plans to buy even more socially responsible assets

The world’s largest pension fund aims to boost and broaden its socially responsible assets after buying them for the first time this year.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Markets

Apr 6, 2017

Japan’s pension fund, the world’s biggest, faces yen risk as Trump rally fades

The world’s biggest pension may find that when it comes to returns on its $1.3 trillion in assets, Donald Trump giveth and taketh away.

BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS

Aug 31, 2016

Talk persists of ‘helicopter money’ despite Kuroda denials

Speculation of so-called helicopter money refuses to die in Japan, despite repeated denials by Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.

BUSINESS / Markets

Aug 18, 2016

BOJ cornered as Japanese banks seen running out of bonds to sell

The nation’s biggest banks are running out of room to sell their government bond holdings, pushing the central bank closer to the limits of its record monetary easing.

BUSINESS / FOCUS

Aug 1, 2016

Pension fund’s huge ?5.3 trillion loss tied to management’s passive investing

Friday was a big day for the world’s largest pension fund, which posted its worst annual loss since the financial crisis and disclosed individual equity holdings for the first time. The two may be connected.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Markets

Apr 27, 2016

GPIF head says too soon to pass verdict on negative rates

Stocks tumbled, the yen strengthened and bond yields melted away after Japan moved to negative interest rates, but the head of the country’s giant pension fund is far from fazed.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Companies

Feb 9, 2016

Negative interest rates to hit Japan Post Bank hard as bond yields plunge

Japan Post Bank Co. stands to lose the most from the Bank of Japan’s decision to introduce negative interest rates as plummeting bond yields underscore its reliance on the country’s debt for income.

BUSINESS / Economy

Dec 29, 2015

Yen guru Gyohten says Abe must stimulate economy, as BOJ has done its part

Toyoo Gyohten, a former currency policy chief at the Finance Ministry, says 2016 will be the year for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take up the mantle of stimulus from the Bank of Japan, which has done all it can to revive the economy.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Nov 20, 2015

BOJ easing seen as blunt tool by one fund, blowing bubbles by another

TCW Group Inc. says the Bank of Japan has made a mistake and should exit quantitative easing as soon as possible. Invesco Ltd. says the only error was not starting sooner.

BUSINESS / Economy

Oct 27, 2015

One year after BOJ ‘Halloween easing,’ investors eye repeat

The Bank of Japan and a state money manager worked hand in hand last October with surprise easing and a portfolio reshuffle that boosted both stock and bond markets. This year, a similar one-two punch is not off the cards.

BUSINESS / Markets

Sep 30, 2015

GPIF’s smaller clones seen as savior to BOJ as it runs out of bonds to buy

The Bank of Japan’s search for fresh bonds to fuel its unprecedented asset-purchase program is set to get easier as public retirement funds with $276 billion turn into sellers of government debt.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Markets

Sep 18, 2015

Former vice finance minister Sakakibara sees end to era of weaker yen

The era of a weaker yen is coming to an end and Japan’s currency may strengthen toward 115 per dollar, according to Eisuke Sakakibara, a former vice finance minister.

BUSINESS

Sep 16, 2015

Bank of Japan shields bonds from equity storm with steady buying

Amid a storm of volatility in Japanese stocks, the Bank of Japan has kept the bond market a pool of serenity.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS

Aug 31, 2015

Three strikes on inflation spur calls for overhaul of ‘Abenomics’

The third time inflation has fallen to zero in this year persuaded some market watchers that “Abenomics” needs to be taken back for an overhaul.

BUSINESS / Markets

Aug 25, 2015

Rout seen as encouraging Japan banks’ flight to U.S. treasuries

Japanese banks were already returning to U.S. Treasuries before a plunge in global markets made Federal Reserve rate increases an even more distant prospect.

BUSINESS

Aug 10, 2015

Good times over for Japan teachers fund, now seeking to avoid losses

Japan’s investment fund for teachers has switched its focus to avoiding losses, predicting the best days are over for both stocks and bonds.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jul 27, 2015

BOJ’s CPI overhaul suggests bond-buying slowdown, analysts say

The Bank of Japan’s drive to change the way inflation is measured suggests a tapering of bond-buying stimulus will come sooner than markets think.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jul 16, 2015

GPIF head says no need to be ‘bang on’ with asset targets

The world’s biggest pension fund, nearing the end of a plan to shift its asset mix and bulk up on equities, need not rush itself to reach new allocation targets, according to its president.

BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS

Jun 16, 2015

Kuroda yen u-turn message was aimed at TPP renegades in Washington

When Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said in Tokyo last week the yen has weakened enough, his key audience was 11,000 km away in Washington.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

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