8-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 8-year government-bond yield was 1.50 percent on 30 September 2025, compared to 1.49 on 29 September 2025.
Sample. This daily time series has a total of 13,067 observations. The time period covered by the series stretches from September 1974 to September 2025.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the yield reached a trough of -0.39 percent on 29 August 2019; it recorded a maximum of 10.94 on 8 April 1980; it had an average value of 3.38.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | 1.496 |
| 2025-09-29 | 1.486 |
| 2025-09-30 | 1.495 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 8-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) |