Japan sold $29.6 billion in U.S. debt in Q1 2026

Japan investors pulled $29.6 billion out of U.S. government-linked debt in the first quarter of 2026, the country’s biggest quarterly sale since the second quarter of 2022, which was basically four years ago. Q1 also broke a strong buying run, because Japanese accounts had bought U.S. debt in 11 of the previous 12 quarters, and...