2-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Japan constant-maturity government-bond yield curve (Ministry of Finance)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the 2-year government-bond yield stood at 1.65 percent on 13 August 2026, the same value recorded on 12 August 2026.
Sample. The daily series presented in the chart has 12,917 records in total. The series covers the span of time going from September 1974 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: the yield recorded its highest level of 12.14 percent on 4 April 1980; it reached a trough of -0.37 on 27 July 2016; it had a mean of 2.72.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 1.618 |
| 2026-08-12 | 1.646 |
| 2026-08-13 | 1.651 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 2-year yield; Japan government bond yield curve |
| Country | Japan |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Semiannually compounded interest rate |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Japan Ministry of Finance |
| Source type | National source |
| Data licence | Public Data Licence |
| Measure type | Interpolated level (constant maturity; cubic spline) |
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