The debt is owned primarily by the BOJ (about half) and then domestic banks and insurance companies.
Japan has an additional problem with Tokyo and other urban areas taking up all the economic growth and depopulation in rural areas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaL-ocOtooM
"If just [Tokyo] was its own country, it would be the eighth largest in the world, ranking ahead of Italy and falling just behind Canada."
about 4), one advantage Japan has is availability of public transport, hard to imagine Grandpa Toshio going to work if he has to drive a car there and back.
2025-10-01 22:53:20
Michael, thanks for that. Some could take my posting about the 80 year old rugby players as some kind of Japanese exceptionalism, but my point was that Japan was adapting to their demographic and, as wj points out, Japan is just the tip of the iceberg.
There is a lot of discussion about Sanseito and Kamiya that I'll probably get to in another post.
About selling off debt,
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/19/economy/bank-of-japan-september-rates/
Fun quote from the article
It would take more than 100 years to sell off all the ETFs held by the BOJ at the speed decided on Friday, Ueda added.
Michael, interesting points. IANAE either, but some connected points
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/19/economy/bank-of-japan-september-rates/
The debt is owned primarily by the BOJ (about half) and then domestic banks and insurance companies.
Japan has an additional problem with Tokyo and other urban areas taking up all the economic growth and depopulation in rural areas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaL-ocOtooM
"If just [Tokyo] was its own country, it would be the eighth largest in the world, ranking ahead of Italy and falling just behind Canada."
about 4), one advantage Japan has is availability of public transport, hard to imagine Grandpa Toshio going to work if he has to drive a car there and back.
Michael, thanks for that. Some could take my posting about the 80 year old rugby players as some kind of Japanese exceptionalism, but my point was that Japan was adapting to their demographic and, as wj points out, Japan is just the tip of the iceberg.