Japan recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 236.70 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Japan Government Debt to GDP - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

FocusEconomics' economic data is provided by official state statistical reporting agencies as well as our global network of leading banks, think tanks and consultancies. Our datasets provide not only historical data, but also Consensus Forecasts and individual forecasts from the aformentioned global network of economic analysts. This includes the latest forecasts as well as historical forecasts going back to 2010. Our global network consists of over 1000 world-renowned economic analysts from which we calculate our Consensus Forecasts. In this specific dataset you will find economic data for Japan Public Debt.

External Debt in Japan decreased to 679157 JPY Billion in the first quarter of 2025 from 684935 JPY Billion in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Japan External Debt - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

MAGWOC-16 has a distinguished career in financial supervision and has worked extensively on the issue of bank insolvency resolution. We discussed insolvency resolution, as well as the wider developments in the Japanese banking system and supervisory setup. The Financial Elite Policymakers Interviewed (FINEPINT) database consists of interviews with financial policymakers from advanced economies and emerging markets. The interviews touch upon both national-level regulatory developments and global-level policymaking processes, as well as the interactions between the two. Interviewees are officials from Ministries, Central Banks and Financial Supervisors, representatives of banking and financial associations, representatives of Civil Society Organizations, and officials from International Organizations working on global financial governance.The semi-structured interviews followed a standard format in which policymakers were asked about:1. The development of their negotiating positions, asking who is involved internally, how the positions are informed by external actors, and who are the main partners in the policymaking process.2. The developments in policymaking processes, asking what were the main drivers of new issues emerging on the agenda, what issues came up in policymaking processes, and who is influential in the policymaking processes.3. The outcomes, asking how the main issues in policymaking processes were resolved and what the expected impacts of new policies will be.Interviews were conducted from 1992 onwards, covering a period of profound changes in the global financial system and its governance. Broad topics that were the focal points of different waves of interviews were the interaction between public and private actors in global policymaking, the political economy of financial liberalization, the internationalization / globalization of financial markets and the regulatory response to this, the Basel Capital Accords, the resolution of sovereign debt crisis, and sustainable finance.Interviewees have been provided with the following options for the use of the transcript:• Quotation: direct quotes from the interview may be used and attributed in the reference.• Referencing, no quotation: interview may be refenced by name as support for a claim, but no direct quotes may be used.• No quotation or referencing: the interview may not be quoted or referenced by name.The principal investigators of the projects included in this database are prof. G.R.D. Underhill and dr. J. Blom. Data collection and development of this dataset has been made possible by:• NWO MaGW Open Competition grant ‘Public-private interaction and shifting patterns of governance’ (grant no. 400-04-233, prof. G.R.D. Underhill)• UKRI ESRC World Economy and Finance program grant ‘National and International Aspects of Financial Development’ (grant no. RES-156-25-0009).• EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship grant ‘G20LAP: G20 Legitimacy and Policymaking’ (grant agreement no. 845121, dr. J. Blom).

The yield on Japan 10Y Bond Yield eased to 1.56% on July 31, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage point decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.16 points and is 0.52 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Japan 10 Year Government Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

The yield on Japan 30 Year Bond Yield rose to 3.09% on July 31, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.20 points and is 0.95 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Japan 30 Year Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

Consumer Credit in Japan increased to 56005.70 JPY Billion in the first quarter of 2025 from 54939.70 JPY Billion in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Japan Consumer Credit - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.