A trading room about an hour’s train ride from Tokyo is on the radar of Japanese government bond investors waiting to see whether domestic banks will resume buying the nation’s debt in earnest.

Japanese regional banks have been buying up foreign bonds over the last decade. Kato says the trend was driven by the Bank of Japan's ultra-easy monetary policy, which began in 2013.

The Japanese central bank held monetary settings steady, taking a breather after raising its policy rate to the highest level ...

Japan Post Holdings is planning to sell shares in Japan Post Bank which could total some 600 billion yen ($4.02 billion), two sources familiar with the matter said, in the latest loosening of ties ...