Bonds

Meiji Yasuda Life to Shun Super-Long Japan Debt for Year or More

The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. headquarters in Tokyo.

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. plans to avoid actively investing in Japanese super-long-term government bonds for the next 1-2 years as interest rates may rise and supply pressures build.

Fiscal expansion concerns propelled Japanese government bond yields on Monday ahead of the upper house election later this month, adding further momentum to a rise stoked by a view that inflation is quicker than the central bank’s expectations.