Daiwa warns of bond meltdown in Japan

Friday 16 March 2001 at 16:00

The days of surging Japanese bond prices may be drawing to a close, according to a recent report by Daiwa SBCM Europe.

Sally Wilkinson, head of bond research at Daiwa SBCM in London, said in a report issued Wednesday that the low yields on Japanese government paper do not take into account the dire state of Japan's public finances.