Japan's government is set to issue its first tranche of bonds to finance development of clean energy resources this week, with investors expecting healthy demand owing to the scarcity of yen-denominated green bonds. The finance ministry has said it will sell 10-year climate transition bonds on Wednesday and another batch of 5-year bonds later this month. Prices of these green bonds in the "when-issued" market, which is the market for securities yet to be issued, show the climate bonds command a premium over regular Japanese government bonds (JGBs).
Japan's space agency on Tuesday postponed the launch of its next-generation rocket planned for this week due to expected bad weather, after two previous attempts ended in failure."As the weather that day is expected to worsen, we decided to postpone the launch," the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said, adding that a new date would be announced "once a decision is made".
The dollar flirted with the psychological threshold of 150 yen on Tuesday and held broadly steady ahead of a key reading on U.S. inflation due later in the day, while bitcoin surged to a more than two-year high. The yen, which has already tumbled more than 5% against the dollar year-to-date, is under persistent pressure as investors pare back their expectations of the scale and pace of the Federal Reserve's easing cycle.
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