6-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 6-year government-bond yield was 2.29 percent on 13 August 2026, compared to 2.27 on 12 August 2026.
Sample. There are 13,278 records overall in the daily time series shown in the plot above. The time range covered by the series goes from September 1974 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the yield hit a maximum of 10.64 percent on 9 April 1980; it reached its lowest level of -0.41 on 27 July 2016; it was equal on average to 3.19.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 2.233 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2.272 |
| 2026-08-13 | 2.291 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 6-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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