Foreign Traders Sell Biggest Pile of Japan Bonds in Three Years

Overseas investors sold 2.84 trillion yen in Japanese bonds in June, the largest monthly outflow in three years, according to Japan's Ministry of Finance data released this week. The sales followed a period in which Japanese government bonds underperformed comparable debt instruments in other developed markets. Foreign holdings of Japanese bonds have declined as investors shifted capital to higher-yielding investments elsewhere.

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