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Japan's 10-year bonds fall ahead of BOJ's decision

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 07/30/25 09:06 PM EDT

TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds fell in early trading on Thursday as investors awaited signs from the central bank on the pace for potential interest rate hikes.

The 10-year JGB yield rose one basis point (bp) to 1.565%. The five-year yield rose 1.5 bps to 1.105%.

Yields move inversely to bond prices.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and his colleagues are widely expected to refrain from any rate change at the end of their two-day policy meeting on Thursday. However, analysts anticipate the BOJ may deliver a less pessimistic economic assessment.

Bonds with other maturities were not traded as of 0050 GMT.

(Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)

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