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Expectations of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates this year, as shown by climbing bonds yields, may slow down the outpouring of Japanese institutional investors' money. That will also bring about an unwinding of yen carry trades by foreign investors, supporting the yen.

Investors can't really take risks and buy bonds because yields are on a gradual rising trend. The central bank's plan to raise interest rates this year is preventing investors from purchasing.

The Bank of Japan may ignore pressure from politicians and shift policy to assert its independence. Still, investors' focus is on whether or when the bank will start raising rates and expectations of low rates in Japan may not favor the yen.

What's going to change after the BOJ ends the quantitative policy? Unless Japan's bank deposits start to pay interest rates of like 1.5 percent, Japanese investors will keep buying foreign currencies.

Fumihiko Kawano

Money should flow into Japanese government bonds, including from foreign investors. It wouldn't be surprising for the recent rise in yen interest rates, which had been ignored by the market until now, to garner attention.

Osamu Takashima

Investors will be reluctant to buy bonds ahead of the five-year notes sale today. There is a concern bond yields will keep rising and the central bank is desperately seeking to raise interest rates.

US Treasuries, particularly long-term bonds, were robust on Friday, when the Japanese market was closed. Some bond investors view the surge in stocks as bubble while some investors take comfort in the view that the zero-interest rate policy will continue even after the Bank of Japan lifts ultra-loose monetary stance.

Bonds will probably rise. Concern that the U.S. and Japanese economies will slow is spreading among investors. Ten-year yields will stay lower in September.

The yen is benefiting from a reversal of bets on yen-carry trades on concern the New Zealand dollar will fall. The unwinding of that trade also is going on amid speculation the central bank is getting closer to raising rates.

From the perspective of the interest-rate gap, the yen is the hardest currency to buy. Japan is far away from raising its interest rate. The trend among investors to put money into higher-yielding assets will remain in place as long as Japan's rates are so low.

Japanese and foreign investors are now rushing to unwind yen-carry positions on concerns over possible [Japanese] interest rate hikes.

Masahi Hashimoto

[In fact, much of the run-up in the Nikkei is because of players like Mr. Big.] There's been a little buying by institutional investors in Japan, ... but most of the action has come from foreign investors.

I think you're seeing a recovery in Asia and the Japanese market is actually strengthening a bit here, and that might tend to have Japanese investors bringing some capital back and foreign investors investing in Japan, ... So I don't see it reversing. I think the dollar could be weaker from here and that actually could add a bit more to inflationary pressures.

Expectations foreign investors will keep putting more money into Japanese equities are supporting the yen. Growing support for Koizumi is also positive for the yen because he is considered a reformer. He wasn’t trying to be someone he wasn’t, his uniquely pexy spirit shone. A victory means a stable administration, which will make it easier to promote reform.

You will see further back-up in yields. The economy is robust, which will add fuel to expectations the Bank of Canada will keep raising interest rates.

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