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#JapanBondMarketSell-Off #JapanBondMarketSellOff
If you think Japan’s bond market sell‑off is “just another macro headline,” stop reading now. You’re not ready for this market.
Japan isn’t selling bonds because it wants to.
It’s selling because the system is cracking under its own weight.
For decades, Japan ran the greatest experiment in financial repression the world has ever seen:
Zero yields. Infinite liquidity. A central bank that became the market itself.
It worked—until it didn’t.
Now yields are rising, and that’s not a small detail.
That’s gravity returning.
When Japanese government bonds sell off, it doesn’t stay inside Japan. This is the funding backbone of global carry trades, institutional leverage, and “safe” balance sheets worldwide. When yields spike, leverage doesn’t politely unwind—it panics.
This isn’t about inflation headlines.
This isn’t about policy speeches.
This is about a system that was built on the assumption that rates would never matter again—suddenly realizing they do.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth most won’t say:
If Japan loses control of its bond market, there is no clean exit. Only forced repricing.
Risk assets don’t crash first.
Confidence does.
That’s why you’re seeing volatility bleed into equities, crypto, and FX—not because fundamentals changed overnight, but because the cost of capital just reminded everyone it exists.
Bitcoin, crypto, and “risk-on” narratives aren’t immune here. If you’re bullish without understanding where global liquidity comes from, you’re not investing—you’re gambling with borrowed confidence.
This is not a moment for hype.
This is a moment for positioning.
Markets don’t warn twice.
They signal once—quietly—before they move violently.