Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Monday as concerns over inflation intensified after local media reported the government may push the Bank of Japan to align its decisions with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's pro-growth economic agenda.
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The benchmark 10-year JGB yield rose 5 basis points (bps) to 2.645%. Yields move inversely to bond prices.
The 20-year JGB yield climbed 5.5 bps to 3.565%. The 30-year yield added 6 bps to 3.855%.
The government is expected to address the importance of the "appropriate monetary policy" in its basic policy framework for economic and fiscal management to be released next month, Kyodo News reported over the weekend.
The move is aimed at reining in the central bank's willingness to keep raising interest rates, the report said.
"This has raised concerns that the BOJ will be behind in raising interest rates to cope with inflation," said Yuki Kimura, a bond strategist at Okasan Securities.
Japan's government will aim to entrench annual real economic growth of more than 1%, Reuters reported on Monday, citing the draft of the basic policy framework for economic and fiscal management.
Japan's average real growth rate over the last five years was 0.4%.
