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2-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily

Latest updates. In Japan, the 2-year government-bond yield was 1.30 percent on 12 February 2026, the same as on 10 February 2026.

Sample. There are 12,795 data points in the daily series shown in the plot above. The time period covered by the series is from September 1974 to February 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: the yield recorded a bottom of -0.37 percent on 27 July 2016; it reached its highest level of 12.14 on 4 April 1980; it was equal on average to 2.73.

Latest values

Date Value - Percentage points
2026-02-09 1.313
2026-02-10 1.303
2026-02-12 1.305

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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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Nominal yields

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
1-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 12508 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
2-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 12795 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
3-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 13080 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
4-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 13156 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
5-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 13156 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
6-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 13156 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
7-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 13156 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
8-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 13156 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
9-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 13156 1974-09-24 2026-02-12
10-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 9795 1986-07-05 2026-02-12
15-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 8454 1991-08-30 2026-02-12
20-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 9682 1986-12-01 2026-02-12
25-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 5361 2004-03-22 2026-02-12
30-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 6479 1999-09-02 2026-02-12
40-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily 4467 2007-11-06 2026-02-12